Merrill*
#950 most common boys' name of all time · #2,199 across all names · 86% male / 14% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#950
Rank overall
#2,199 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
15,065
Since 2016
162
Peak year
1926 #331
Best rank
#321 1916
Girls
Boys
peak 321/yr
Merrill is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 14 | 22 | #6,147 |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #10,946 |
| 2023 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,771 |
| 2022 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #9,002 |
| 2021 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #10,818 |
| 2020 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #10,623 |
| 2019 | 12 | 10 | 22 | #7,650 |
| 2018 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #8,823 |
| 2017 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #10,796 |
| 2016 | 14 | 11 | 25 | #7,160 |
| 2015 | 12 | 12 | 24 | #6,682 |
| 2014 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #9,657 |
| 2013 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #10,737 |
| 2012 | 11 | 8 | 19 | #8,874 |
| 2011 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #7,011 |
| 2010 | 10 | 12 | 22 | #6,702 |
| 2009 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #11,011 |
| 2008 | 12 | 11 | 23 | #7,193 |
| 2007 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #8,185 |
| 2006 | 14 | 8 | 22 | #8,742 |
| 2005 | 7 | 13 | 20 | #5,884 |
| 2004 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #6,533 |
| 2003 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #6,728 |
| 2002 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 2001 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #8,354 |
| 2000 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #6,852 |
| 1999 | 17 | 19 | 36 | #3,838 |
| 1998 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #6,324 |
| 1997 | 8 | 15 | 23 | #4,252 |
| 1996 | 10 | 14 | 24 | #4,401 |
| 1995 | 17 | 18 | 35 | #3,562 |
| 1994 | 16 | 16 | 32 | #3,914 |
| 1993 | 13 | 22 | 35 | #3,046 |
| 1992 | 19 | 19 | 38 | #3,343 |
| 1991 | 16 | 36 | 52 | #2,052 |
| 1990 | 20 | 24 | 44 | #2,699 |
| 1989 | 17 | 21 | 38 | #2,907 |
| 1988 | 11 | 17 | 28 | #3,090 |
| 1987 | 14 | 32 | 46 | #1,939 |
| 1986 | 22 | 23 | 45 | #2,367 |
| 1985 | 18 | 27 | 45 | #2,074 |
| 1984 | 13 | 32 | 45 | #1,768 |
| 1983 | 13 | 41 | 54 | #1,494 |
| 1982 | 14 | 32 | 46 | #1,777 |
| 1981 | 21 | 43 | 64 | #1,458 |
| 1980 | 24 | 50 | 74 | #1,324 |
| 1979 | 6 | 50 | 56 | #1,305 |
| 1978 | 12 | 51 | 63 | #1,261 |
| 1977 | 11 | 47 | 58 | #1,314 |
| 1976 | 10 | 52 | 62 | #1,192 |
| 1975 | 10 | 42 | 52 | #1,347 |
| 1974 | 12 | 45 | 57 | #1,245 |
| 1973 | 14 | 39 | 53 | #1,332 |
| 1972 | 17 | 41 | 58 | #1,310 |
| 1971 | 16 | 52 | 68 | #1,141 |
| 1970 | 19 | 49 | 68 | #1,179 |
| 1969 | 21 | 57 | 78 | #1,021 |
| 1968 | 32 | 64 | 96 | #901 |
| 1967 | 12 | 62 | 74 | #916 |
| 1966 | 29 | 55 | 84 | #986 |
| 1965 | 19 | 69 | 88 | #882 |
| 1964 | 23 | 72 | 95 | #896 |
| 1963 | 27 | 94 | 121 | #786 |
| 1962 | 22 | 88 | 110 | #811 |
| 1961 | 36 | 102 | 138 | #763 |
| 1960 | 32 | 111 | 143 | #730 |
| 1959 | 30 | 102 | 132 | #753 |
| 1958 | 37 | 114 | 151 | #701 |
| 1957 | 28 | 149 | 177 | #628 |
| 1956 | 31 | 153 | 184 | #613 |
| 1955 | 46 | 148 | 194 | #610 |
| 1954 | 50 | 155 | 205 | #593 |
| 1953 | 51 | 149 | 200 | #591 |
| 1952 | 49 | 163 | 212 | #547 |
| 1951 | 45 | 149 | 194 | #562 |
| 1950 | 52 | 164 | 216 | #526 |
| 1949 | 52 | 151 | 203 | #542 |
| 1948 | 38 | 163 | 201 | #516 |
| 1947 | 44 | 194 | 238 | #480 |
| 1946 | 39 | 191 | 230 | #460 |
| 1945 | 33 | 171 | 204 | #454 |
| 1944 | 14 | 174 | 188 | #462 |
| 1943 | 25 | 242 | 267 | #391 |
| 1942 | 42 | 230 | 272 | #399 |
| 1941 | 20 | 210 | 230 | #401 |
| 1940 | 19 | 215 | 234 | #388 |
| 1939 | 12 | 235 | 247 | #372 |
| 1938 | 20 | 215 | 235 | #384 |
| 1937 | 20 | 221 | 241 | #365 |
| 1936 | 15 | 233 | 248 | #354 |
| 1935 | 22 | 188 | 210 | #397 |
| 1934 | 12 | 239 | 251 | #356 |
| 1933 | 14 | 207 | 221 | #378 |
| 1932 | 14 | 243 | 257 | #356 |
| 1931 | 12 | 257 | 269 | #341 |
| 1930 | 8 | 260 | 268 | #353 |
| 1929 | 16 | 269 | 285 | #342 |
| 1928 | 17 | 278 | 295 | #342 |
| 1927 | 9 | 284 | 293 | #343 |
| 1926 | 16 | 305 | 321 | #331 |
| 1925 | 18 | 292 | 310 | #340 |
| 1924 | 13 | 266 | 279 | #369 |
| 1923 | 14 | 278 | 292 | #354 |
| 1922 | 6 | 276 | 282 | #356 |
| 1921 | 13 | 283 | 296 | #359 |
| 1920 | 17 | 289 | 306 | #345 |
| 1919 | 8 | 279 | 287 | #339 |
| 1918 | 17 | 296 | 313 | #333 |
| 1917 | 14 | 257 | 271 | #347 |
| 1916 | 16 | 270 | 286 | #321 |
| 1915 | 11 | 261 | 272 | #326 |
| 1914 | 10 | 166 | 176 | #367 |
| 1913 | 6 | 136 | 142 | #357 |
| 1912 | 12 | 119 | 131 | #347 |
| 1911 | — | 57 | 57 | #370 |
| 1910 | — | 39 | 39 | #443 |
| 1909 | 6 | 42 | 48 | #368 |
| 1908 | — | 34 | 34 | #409 |
| 1907 | — | 33 | 33 | #392 |
| 1906 | 5 | 33 | 38 | #372 |
| 1905 | 5 | 35 | 40 | #350 |
| 1904 | — | 34 | 34 | #348 |
| 1903 | — | 31 | 31 | #351 |
| 1902 | — | 26 | 26 | #398 |
| 1901 | — | 26 | 26 | #369 |
| 1900 | — | 23 | 23 | #485 |
| 1899 | — | 27 | 27 | #349 |
| 1898 | — | 27 | 27 | #382 |
| 1897 | — | 21 | 21 | #416 |
| 1896 | — | 23 | 23 | #414 |
| 1895 | — | 25 | 25 | #386 |
| 1894 | — | 16 | 16 | #512 |
| 1893 | — | 26 | 26 | #357 |
| 1892 | — | 11 | 11 | #654 |
| 1891 | — | 11 | 11 | #579 |
| 1890 | — | 14 | 14 | #520 |
| 1889 | — | 9 | 9 | #685 |
| 1888 | — | 14 | 14 | #543 |
| 1887 | — | 12 | 12 | #530 |
| 1886 | — | 5 | 5 | #979 |
| 1885 | — | 10 | 10 | #614 |
| 1884 | — | 11 | 11 | #583 |
| 1883 | — | 20 | 20 | #397 |
| 1882 | — | 10 | 10 | #620 |
| 1881 | — | 7 | 7 | #723 |
| 1880 | — | 13 | 13 | #515 |