Merline
#6,718 most common girls' name of all time · #11,297 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1910–2007
Rank among girls
#6,718
Rank overall
#11,297 of 105,966
First appeared
1910
Years on the list
71 of 146
All-time
1,079
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1924 #1,349
Best rank
#1,221 1931
Girls
Boys
peak 37/yr
Merline first appears in 1910. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,753 |
| 2003 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,894 |
| 2002 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,172 |
| 2001 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,499 |
| 2000 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,154 |
| 1998 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,526 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,663 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,309 |
| 1990 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,578 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,519 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,499 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,492 |
| 1986 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,674 |
| 1985 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,522 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,485 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,433 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,373 |
| 1974 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,008 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,592 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,166 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,991 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,776 |
| 1961 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,322 |
| 1960 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,998 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,717 |
| 1958 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,008 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,040 |
| 1956 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,568 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,363 |
| 1954 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,223 |
| 1953 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,568 |
| 1952 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,735 |
| 1951 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,182 |
| 1950 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,391 |
| 1949 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,916 |
| 1948 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,218 |
| 1947 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,175 |
| 1946 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,282 |
| 1945 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,906 |
| 1944 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,152 |
| 1943 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,121 |
| 1942 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,693 |
| 1941 | 26 | — | 26 | #1,558 |
| 1940 | 35 | — | 35 | #1,259 |
| 1939 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,344 |
| 1938 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,427 |
| 1937 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,666 |
| 1936 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,536 |
| 1935 | 26 | — | 26 | #1,473 |
| 1934 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,513 |
| 1933 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,323 |
| 1932 | 26 | — | 26 | #1,510 |
| 1931 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,221 |
| 1930 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,598 |
| 1929 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,155 |
| 1928 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,944 |
| 1927 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,357 |
| 1926 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,536 |
| 1925 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,098 |
| 1924 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,349 |
| 1923 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,730 |
| 1922 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,826 |
| 1921 | 26 | — | 26 | #1,717 |
| 1920 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,070 |
| 1919 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,612 |
| 1918 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,955 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,886 |
| 1916 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,623 |
| 1915 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,308 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,079 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | 7 | #2,133 |