Merrilyn
#8,511 most common girls' name of all time · #14,214 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1923–1973
Rank among girls
#8,511
Rank overall
#14,214 of 105,966
First appeared
1923
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
751
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1944 #1,268
Best rank
#1,268 1944
Girls
Boys
peak 40/yr
Merrilyn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,644 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,577 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,674 |
| 1970 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,572 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,779 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,112 |
| 1964 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,206 |
| 1963 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,903 |
| 1962 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,123 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,118 |
| 1960 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,317 |
| 1957 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,603 |
| 1956 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,671 |
| 1955 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,173 |
| 1954 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,858 |
| 1953 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,884 |
| 1952 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,174 |
| 1951 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,294 |
| 1950 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,942 |
| 1949 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,726 |
| 1948 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,728 |
| 1947 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,886 |
| 1946 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,711 |
| 1945 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,688 |
| 1944 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,268 |
| 1943 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,339 |
| 1942 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,321 |
| 1941 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,742 |
| 1940 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,545 |
| 1939 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,115 |
| 1938 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,868 |
| 1937 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,438 |
| 1936 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,252 |
| 1935 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,778 |
| 1934 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,727 |
| 1933 | 17 | — | 17 | #1,968 |
| 1932 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,127 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,206 |
| 1930 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,835 |
| 1929 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,913 |
| 1928 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1927 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,255 |
| 1926 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,257 |
| 1925 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,937 |
| 1924 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,972 |
| 1923 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,586 |