Mearl
Last seen for girls in 1955 at #5,828 · Last seen for boys in 1977 at #5,123
Given to boys 73.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1909 · 17 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,210since 1894
Mearl over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
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| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
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| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
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| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | #3,244 | 7 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,300 | 13 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,097 | 8 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,077 | 8 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,663 | 10 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,177 | 14 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,257 | 7 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,168 | 14 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | — | #2,114 | 14 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,391 | 11 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,856 | 17 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,838 | 17 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,019 | 14 | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #2,123 | 13 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #1,430 | 26 |
| 1947 | — | #1,786 | 18 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,759 | 17 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,697 | 16 | |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #1,630 | 18 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | #1,699 | 18 |
| 1942 | — | #1,682 | 18 | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #1,411 | 23 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #1,519 | 20 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #1,425 | 22 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #1,559 | 19 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #1,688 | 17 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | #1,453 | 22 |
| 1934 | — | #1,932 | 14 | |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 | #1,251 | 28 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 | #1,426 | 24 |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 | #1,458 | 23 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | #1,299 | 30 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #1,443 | 25 |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 | #1,569 | 23 |
| 1927 | #2,169 | 17 | #1,293 | 32 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | #1,242 | 34 |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 | #1,390 | 28 |
| 1924 | #2,308 | 16 | #1,577 | 24 |
| 1923 | #2,021 | 19 | #1,502 | 25 |
| 1922 | #2,291 | 16 | #1,308 | 31 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #1,199 | 36 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | #1,157 | 38 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #1,297 | 30 |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 | #1,124 | 37 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | #1,238 | 30 |
| 1916 | #1,867 | 18 | #1,459 | 23 |
| 1915 | #1,571 | 22 | #1,100 | 34 |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 | #1,300 | 21 |
| 1913 | — | #1,112 | 21 | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #1,527 | 11 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | #1,045 | 10 | |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | #653 | 17 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
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| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | #902 | 9 |
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| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Mearl! It came in at #857, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1895–1899, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Mearl
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1977
- Biggest jump: 460 spots in 1909 (#1,113 → #653)
- Biggest drop: 392 spots in 1910 (#653 → #1,045)
- Debuted 1894
- Peaked 1909 at #653 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1911, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1900–1901
- Highest: 1 in 9,647 boys born in 1909 were named Mearl (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 273,870 boys born in 1977 (0.00%)
- 24.5% of all boys named Mearl (296) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1911, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | #857 (1894) | #857 |
| 1900s | 66 | #653 (1909) | #955 |
| 1910s | 222 | #1,045 (1910) | #1,294 |
| 1920s | 296 | #1,157 (1920) | #1,368 |
| 1930s | 215 | #1,251 (1933) | #1,521 |
| 1940s | 187 | #1,411 (1941) | #1,674 |
| 1950s | 128 | #1,838 (1951) | #2,304 |
| 1960s | 70 | #2,300 (1963) | #2,993 |
| 1970s | 19 | #4,230 (1970) | #4,554 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Mearl in 1900
Top girls' names in 1900
Top boys' names in 1900
More about 1900
girls
299,784 girls got a published name in 1900; 1 in 59,957 of them was named Mearl, which outranked 13.1% of the 2,223 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 291 names at #1,932; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 940Rosia#1,596 → #656
- ↑ 763Josiephine#1,596 → #833
- ↑ 763Lelar#1,596 → #833
- ↑ 736Carmel#1,596 → #860
- ↑ 722Gloria#1,278 → #556
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 16,719 of them was named Mearl, which outranked 40.1% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).