Merrilee
#4,671 most common girls' name of all time · #7,939 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1923–2023
Rank among girls
#4,671
Rank overall
#7,939 of 105,966
First appeared
1923
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
1,871
Since 2016
10
Peak year
1942 #884
Best rank
#884 1942
Girls
Boys
peak 78/yr
Merrilee first appears in 1923. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,455 |
| 2019 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,771 |
| 2007 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,694 |
| 2002 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,676 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,786 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,666 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,760 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,455 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,080 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,610 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,777 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,510 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,542 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,469 |
| 1982 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,220 |
| 1981 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,599 |
| 1980 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,031 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,464 |
| 1978 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,419 |
| 1977 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,288 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,721 |
| 1975 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,012 |
| 1974 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,114 |
| 1973 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1972 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,710 |
| 1971 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,083 |
| 1970 | 37 | — | 37 | #2,180 |
| 1969 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,191 |
| 1968 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,916 |
| 1967 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,743 |
| 1966 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,034 |
| 1965 | 24 | — | 24 | #2,502 |
| 1964 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,444 |
| 1963 | 28 | — | 28 | #2,283 |
| 1962 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,055 |
| 1961 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,798 |
| 1960 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,780 |
| 1959 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,637 |
| 1958 | 65 | — | 65 | #1,320 |
| 1957 | 55 | — | 55 | #1,435 |
| 1956 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,449 |
| 1955 | 64 | — | 64 | #1,269 |
| 1954 | 73 | — | 73 | #1,175 |
| 1953 | 69 | — | 69 | #1,171 |
| 1952 | 64 | — | 64 | #1,192 |
| 1951 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,375 |
| 1950 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,430 |
| 1949 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,030 |
| 1948 | 74 | — | 74 | #1,029 |
| 1947 | 67 | — | 67 | #1,096 |
| 1946 | 63 | — | 63 | #1,077 |
| 1945 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,209 |
| 1944 | 61 | — | 61 | #1,004 |
| 1943 | 71 | — | 71 | #932 |
| 1942 | 78 | — | 78 | #884 |
| 1941 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,011 |
| 1940 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,196 |
| 1939 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,717 |
| 1937 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,910 |
| 1936 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,505 |
| 1935 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,110 |
| 1933 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,381 |
| 1932 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,231 |
| 1928 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,159 |
| 1924 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,807 |
| 1923 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,371 |