Merryl
#16,271 most common girls' name of all time · #26,822 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1943–1970
Rank among girls
#16,271
Rank overall
#26,822 of 105,966
First appeared
1943
Years on the list
24 of 146
All-time
250
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1955 #2,466
Best rank
#2,466 1955
Girls
Boys
peak 21/yr
Merryl first appears in 1943. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,410 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,732 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,957 |
| 1964 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,268 |
| 1963 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,426 |
| 1962 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,109 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,612 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,377 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,216 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,118 |
| 1956 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,366 |
| 1955 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,466 |
| 1954 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,297 |
| 1953 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,799 |
| 1952 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,497 |
| 1951 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,675 |
| 1950 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,854 |
| 1948 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,557 |
| 1947 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,526 |
| 1946 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,419 |
| 1945 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,912 |
| 1944 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,022 |
| 1943 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,797 |