Meryl*
#2,305 most common girls' name of all time · #3,923 across all names · 8% male / 92% female · used 1892–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#2,305
Rank overall
#3,923 of 105,966
First appeared
1892
Years on the list
128 of 146
All-time
5,599
Since 2016
207
Peak year
1956 #793
Best rank
#748 1952
Girls
Boys
peak 156/yr
Meryl 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,388 |
| 2024 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,454 |
| 2023 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,978 |
| 2022 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,005 |
| 2021 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,710 |
| 2020 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,500 |
| 2019 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,634 |
| 2018 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,166 |
| 2017 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,058 |
| 2016 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,639 |
| 2015 | 50 | — | 50 | #3,255 |
| 2014 | 29 | — | 29 | #4,778 |
| 2013 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,743 |
| 2012 | 34 | — | 34 | #4,306 |
| 2011 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,137 |
| 2010 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,929 |
| 2009 | 27 | — | 27 | #5,235 |
| 2008 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,439 |
| 2007 | 22 | — | 22 | #6,112 |
| 2006 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,397 |
| 2005 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,126 |
| 2004 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,416 |
| 2003 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,430 |
| 2002 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,688 |
| 2001 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,791 |
| 2000 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,718 |
| 1999 | 24 | — | 24 | #4,591 |
| 1998 | 31 | — | 31 | #3,743 |
| 1997 | 25 | — | 25 | #4,248 |
| 1996 | 26 | — | 26 | #4,076 |
| 1995 | 33 | — | 33 | #3,366 |
| 1994 | 39 | — | 39 | #2,998 |
| 1993 | 33 | — | 33 | #3,358 |
| 1992 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,694 |
| 1991 | 30 | — | 30 | #3,555 |
| 1990 | 49 | — | 49 | #2,468 |
| 1989 | 59 | — | 59 | #2,099 |
| 1988 | 68 | — | 68 | #1,827 |
| 1987 | 65 | — | 65 | #1,794 |
| 1986 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,541 |
| 1985 | 72 | — | 72 | #1,633 |
| 1984 | 71 | — | 71 | #1,584 |
| 1983 | 72 | — | 72 | #1,554 |
| 1982 | 68 | — | 68 | #1,673 |
| 1981 | 46 | — | 46 | #2,202 |
| 1980 | 63 | — | 63 | #1,752 |
| 1979 | 24 | — | 24 | #3,349 |
| 1978 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,248 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,651 |
| 1976 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,840 |
| 1975 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,397 |
| 1974 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,584 |
| 1973 | 21 | — | 21 | #3,144 |
| 1972 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,365 |
| 1971 | 21 | — | 21 | #3,191 |
| 1970 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,274 |
| 1969 | 46 | — | 46 | #1,814 |
| 1968 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,980 |
| 1967 | 34 | 5 | 39 | #2,018 |
| 1966 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,683 |
| 1965 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,567 |
| 1964 | 65 | 5 | 70 | #1,395 |
| 1963 | 78 | — | 78 | #1,244 |
| 1962 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,271 |
| 1961 | 79 | 5 | 84 | #1,245 |
| 1960 | 100 | — | 100 | #1,077 |
| 1959 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,019 |
| 1958 | 94 | — | 94 | #1,086 |
| 1957 | 141 | 9 | 150 | #856 |
| 1956 | 156 | — | 156 | #793 |
| 1955 | 125 | 9 | 134 | #870 |
| 1954 | 143 | — | 143 | #786 |
| 1953 | 132 | 7 | 139 | #801 |
| 1952 | 141 | 5 | 146 | #748 |
| 1951 | 119 | 8 | 127 | #822 |
| 1950 | 124 | 6 | 130 | #777 |
| 1949 | 125 | 5 | 130 | #773 |
| 1948 | 112 | 7 | 119 | #827 |
| 1947 | 97 | 11 | 108 | #902 |
| 1946 | 70 | 13 | 83 | #1,010 |
| 1945 | 69 | 6 | 75 | #909 |
| 1944 | 45 | 9 | 54 | #1,179 |
| 1943 | 31 | 13 | 44 | #1,516 |
| 1942 | 33 | 5 | 38 | #1,425 |
| 1941 | 30 | 14 | 44 | #1,426 |
| 1940 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,141 |
| 1939 | 31 | 6 | 37 | #1,343 |
| 1938 | 25 | 9 | 34 | #1,521 |
| 1937 | 16 | 5 | 21 | #2,039 |
| 1936 | 37 | 9 | 46 | #1,174 |
| 1935 | 25 | 7 | 32 | #1,496 |
| 1934 | 22 | 10 | 32 | #1,627 |
| 1933 | 28 | 13 | 41 | #1,384 |
| 1932 | 29 | 10 | 39 | #1,401 |
| 1931 | 40 | 16 | 56 | #1,141 |
| 1930 | 37 | 12 | 49 | #1,242 |
| 1929 | 30 | 9 | 39 | #1,405 |
| 1928 | 41 | 8 | 49 | #1,202 |
| 1927 | 25 | 14 | 39 | #1,698 |
| 1926 | 36 | 7 | 43 | #1,313 |
| 1925 | 35 | 17 | 52 | #1,365 |
| 1924 | 36 | 13 | 49 | #1,366 |
| 1923 | 37 | 17 | 54 | #1,295 |
| 1922 | 22 | 15 | 37 | #1,864 |
| 1921 | 21 | 18 | 39 | #1,960 |
| 1920 | 32 | 13 | 45 | #1,428 |
| 1919 | 18 | 15 | 33 | #2,026 |
| 1918 | 29 | 11 | 40 | #1,476 |
| 1917 | 29 | 9 | 38 | #1,391 |
| 1916 | 22 | 12 | 34 | #1,664 |
| 1915 | 19 | 10 | 29 | #1,773 |
| 1914 | 16 | — | 16 | #1,709 |
| 1913 | 18 | — | 18 | #1,387 |
| 1912 | 21 | 5 | 26 | #1,167 |
| 1911 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,873 |
| 1910 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,868 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,340 |
| 1908 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,507 |
| 1906 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,508 |
| 1905 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,502 |
| 1903 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,540 |
| 1902 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,550 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,817 |
| 1898 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,249 |
| 1897 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,734 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,589 |
| 1892 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,441 |