Meryle*
#12,086 most common girls' name of all time · #20,034 across all names · 7% male / 93% female · used 1907–1963 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#12,086
Rank overall
#20,034 of 105,966
First appeared
1907
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
429
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1924 #2,194
Best rank
#2,061 1944
Girls
Boys
peak 18/yr
Meryle first appears in 1907. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,440 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,543 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,410 |
| 1958 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,002 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1955 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,049 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,924 |
| 1953 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,340 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,742 |
| 1951 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,006 |
| 1950 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,515 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,841 |
| 1948 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,043 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,800 |
| 1946 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #3,520 |
| 1945 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,498 |
| 1944 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,061 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,942 |
| 1942 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,597 |
| 1941 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1939 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #3,016 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,014 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,390 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1933 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #2,481 |
| 1932 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,150 |
| 1931 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1930 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,215 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,785 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1927 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,036 |
| 1926 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,152 |
| 1925 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,560 |
| 1924 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,194 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,767 |
| 1922 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,260 |
| 1921 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,590 |
| 1920 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,540 |
| 1919 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,747 |
| 1918 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,945 |
| 1917 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,177 |
| 1916 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,458 |
| 1915 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,288 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | 5 | #3,438 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | 5 | #3,221 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,742 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | 6 | #2,160 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,367 |