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.
Where Mearl is popular in 1901
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
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 1901
Top girls' names in 1901
Top boys' names in 1901
More about 1901
girls
239,345 girls got a published name in 1901; 1 in 39,891 of them was named Mearl, which outranked 24.5% of the 1,943 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
106,467 boys got a published name in 1901; 1 in 15,210 of them was named Mearl, which outranked 29.1% of the 1,210 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).