Merril*
#4,832 most common boys' name of all time · #11,936 across all names · 86% male / 14% female · used 1910–2008 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#4,832
Rank overall
#11,936 of 105,966
First appeared
1910
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
992
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1920 #1,206
Best rank
#1,206 1920
Girls
Boys
peak 37/yr
Merril 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,672 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,648 |
| 1974 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,738 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,474 |
| 1967 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #3,692 |
| 1964 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,124 |
| 1962 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 1960 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #3,437 |
| 1957 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #2,554 |
| 1956 | 9 | 12 | 21 | #2,426 |
| 1955 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #3,059 |
| 1954 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #2,385 |
| 1953 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,945 |
| 1952 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #2,764 |
| 1951 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,577 |
| 1950 | 12 | 11 | 23 | #2,373 |
| 1949 | 11 | 14 | 25 | #2,080 |
| 1948 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #2,680 |
| 1947 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #2,753 |
| 1946 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,000 |
| 1945 | 10 | 14 | 24 | #1,904 |
| 1944 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,144 |
| 1943 | 6 | 19 | 25 | #1,676 |
| 1942 | 11 | 14 | 25 | #2,008 |
| 1941 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #1,959 |
| 1940 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,039 |
| 1939 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,937 |
| 1938 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1937 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,806 |
| 1936 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 1935 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,633 |
| 1934 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,204 |
| 1933 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,573 |
| 1932 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,824 |
| 1931 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,815 |
| 1930 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,936 |
| 1929 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,831 |
| 1928 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,510 |
| 1927 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #2,358 |
| 1926 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,373 |
| 1925 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,571 |
| 1924 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,346 |
| 1923 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,488 |
| 1922 | 5 | 28 | 33 | #1,427 |
| 1921 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,324 |
| 1920 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,206 |
| 1919 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,404 |
| 1918 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,338 |
| 1917 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,429 |
| 1916 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,683 |
| 1915 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #1,699 |
| 1914 | 6 | 19 | 25 | #1,434 |
| 1913 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,251 |
| 1912 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,408 |
| 1910 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,311 |