Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Merwyn

#5,507 most common boys' name of all time · #13,691 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1912–1971

Rank among boys
#5,507
Rank overall
#13,691 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
796
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1937 #1,052
Best rank
#1,052 1937
Girls Boys peak 38/yr
192019401960

Merwyn first appears in 1912. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1971 — 6 6 #4,490
1969 — 6 6 #4,055
1968 — 5 5 #4,290
1962 — 7 7 #3,422
1958 — 6 6 #3,694
1957 — 9 9 #2,915
1956 — 7 7 #3,343
1955 — 8 8 #3,067
1953 — 6 6 #3,562
1952 — 5 5 #3,896
1951 — 5 5 #3,863
1950 — 8 8 #2,890
1949 — 8 8 #2,911
1948 — 7 7 #3,151
1947 — 14 14 #2,135
1946 — 14 14 #2,005
1945 — 5 5 #3,513
1944 — 13 13 #2,058
1943 — 17 17 #1,818
1942 — 14 14 #2,015
1941 — 22 22 #1,480
1940 — 30 30 #1,245
1939 — 24 24 #1,386
1938 — 36 36 #1,092
1937 — 38 38 #1,052
1936 — 31 31 #1,203
1935 — 28 28 #1,289
1934 — 34 34 #1,149
1933 — 28 28 #1,275
1932 — 19 19 #1,705
1931 — 22 22 #1,530
1930 — 28 28 #1,396
1929 — 21 21 #1,662
1928 — 12 12 #2,469
1927 — 24 24 #1,595
1926 — 23 23 #1,601
1925 5 19 24 #1,859
1924 — 18 18 #1,953
1923 — 18 18 #1,926
1922 — 17 17 #2,017
1921 — 13 13 #2,454
1920 — 18 18 #1,955
1919 — 11 11 #2,601
1918 — 16 16 #2,058
1917 5 9 14 #2,843
1916 — 19 19 #1,693
1915 — 5 5 #3,963
1914 — 11 11 #2,076
1913 — 14 14 #1,491
1912 — 8 8 #2,028