Merrell*
#4,061 most common boys' name of all time · #9,933 across all names · 88% male / 12% female · used 1911–2015 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#4,061
Rank overall
#9,933 of 105,966
First appeared
1911
Years on the list
85 of 146
All-time
1,319
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1927 #1,593
Best rank
#1,304 1915
Girls
Boys
peak 36/yr
Merrell first appears in 1911. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,730 |
| 2012 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,925 |
| 2010 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2005 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,577 |
| 2001 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,662 |
| 2000 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,453 |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,735 |
| 1994 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,934 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,530 |
| 1991 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,520 |
| 1990 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,039 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,035 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,395 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,196 |
| 1986 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,186 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,516 |
| 1981 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,066 |
| 1980 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,296 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,208 |
| 1978 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,915 |
| 1977 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,087 |
| 1975 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,795 |
| 1974 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,590 |
| 1973 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,142 |
| 1972 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,358 |
| 1971 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,498 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1968 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1967 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,660 |
| 1966 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,386 |
| 1964 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,132 |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1962 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,440 |
| 1961 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,980 |
| 1960 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,761 |
| 1959 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #2,905 |
| 1958 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #2,436 |
| 1957 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,437 |
| 1956 | 7 | 17 | 24 | #1,981 |
| 1955 | 10 | 12 | 22 | #2,368 |
| 1954 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #1,922 |
| 1953 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,244 |
| 1952 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #1,783 |
| 1951 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,816 |
| 1950 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #1,645 |
| 1949 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,650 |
| 1948 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,926 |
| 1947 | 7 | 18 | 25 | #1,829 |
| 1946 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,922 |
| 1945 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #1,671 |
| 1944 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #2,055 |
| 1943 | 5 | 27 | 32 | #1,362 |
| 1942 | 6 | 20 | 26 | #1,612 |
| 1941 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,365 |
| 1940 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,392 |
| 1939 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #1,693 |
| 1938 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,798 |
| 1937 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #2,057 |
| 1936 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,694 |
| 1935 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #1,814 |
| 1934 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #2,648 |
| 1933 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #1,888 |
| 1932 | 7 | 16 | 23 | #1,902 |
| 1931 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,529 |
| 1930 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,628 |
| 1929 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,715 |
| 1928 | 9 | 25 | 34 | #1,511 |
| 1927 | 12 | 24 | 36 | #1,593 |
| 1926 | 7 | 17 | 24 | #1,967 |
| 1925 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,486 |
| 1924 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,299 |
| 1923 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,540 |
| 1922 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,495 |
| 1921 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,544 |
| 1920 | 6 | 18 | 24 | #1,949 |
| 1919 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,957 |
| 1918 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,640 |
| 1917 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #1,743 |
| 1916 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,762 |
| 1915 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,304 |
| 1914 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,072 |
| 1913 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,052 |
| 1912 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,442 |
| 1911 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,976 |