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 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 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 1907
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 1907
Top girls' names in 1907
Top boys' names in 1907
More about 1907
girls
318,564 girls got a published name in 1907; 1 in 28,960 of them was named Mearl, which outranked 49.7% of the 2,399 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,142Vela12
- #1,142Violetta12
- #1,142Virdie12
- #1,206Mearl11
- #1,206Aggie11
- #1,206Alba11
- #1,206Aleen11
- #1,289Adelene10
- #1,289Albertina10
- #1,289Alease10
Tied with 82 names at #1,206; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
146,826 boys got a published name in 1907; 1 in 18,353 of them was named Mearl, which outranked 35.5% of the 1,549 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).