Merwin
#3,547 most common boys' name of all time · #8,658 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1892–2008
Rank among boys
#3,547
Rank overall
#8,658 of 105,966
First appeared
1892
Years on the list
70 of 146
All-time
1,630
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1928 #823
Best rank
#823 1928
Girls
Boys
peak 69/yr
Merwin first appears in 1892. 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 | #12,642 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,032 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,362 |
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,349 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,939 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,548 |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,247 |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,816 |
| 1969 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,657 |
| 1968 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,768 |
| 1967 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,812 |
| 1966 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,052 |
| 1964 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,099 |
| 1963 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 1962 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,556 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,170 |
| 1960 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,734 |
| 1959 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,887 |
| 1958 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,643 |
| 1957 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,975 |
| 1956 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1955 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,614 |
| 1954 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,151 |
| 1953 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,216 |
| 1952 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1951 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,936 |
| 1950 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 1949 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 1948 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,153 |
| 1947 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,622 |
| 1946 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,846 |
| 1945 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,735 |
| 1944 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,458 |
| 1943 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,387 |
| 1942 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,650 |
| 1941 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,608 |
| 1940 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,544 |
| 1939 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,554 |
| 1938 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,385 |
| 1937 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,303 |
| 1936 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,258 |
| 1935 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,139 |
| 1934 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,142 |
| 1933 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,116 |
| 1932 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,067 |
| 1931 | — | 50 | 50 | #917 |
| 1930 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,017 |
| 1929 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,040 |
| 1928 | 5 | 64 | 69 | #823 |
| 1927 | — | 50 | 50 | #999 |
| 1926 | — | 58 | 58 | #883 |
| 1925 | — | 50 | 50 | #967 |
| 1924 | — | 52 | 52 | #983 |
| 1923 | — | 57 | 57 | #909 |
| 1922 | — | 53 | 53 | #971 |
| 1921 | — | 59 | 59 | #918 |
| 1920 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,041 |
| 1919 | — | 49 | 49 | #966 |
| 1918 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,209 |
| 1917 | — | 44 | 44 | #991 |
| 1916 | — | 51 | 51 | #887 |
| 1915 | — | 47 | 47 | #912 |
| 1914 | — | 34 | 34 | #964 |
| 1913 | — | 26 | 26 | #992 |
| 1912 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,694 |
| 1911 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,352 |
| 1910 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,716 |
| 1908 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,094 |
| 1906 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,094 |
| 1892 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,248 |