Merilyn
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477
- Peak · girls
- 1935 · 70 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,317since 1915
Merilyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Merilyn has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 |
| 1964 | #2,825 | 20 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 |
| 1959 | #2,980 | 16 |
| 1958 | #2,322 | 24 |
| 1957 | #2,416 | 22 |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 |
| 1955 | #1,940 | 30 |
| 1954 | #1,540 | 43 |
| 1953 | #1,648 | 36 |
| 1952 | #1,351 | 51 |
| 1951 | #1,665 | 33 |
| 1950 | #1,550 | 36 |
| 1949 | #1,393 | 44 |
| 1948 | #1,238 | 54 |
| 1947 | #1,097 | 66 |
| 1946 | #961 | 75 |
| 1945 | #1,032 | 56 |
| 1944 | #900 | 72 |
| 1943 | #1,070 | 56 |
| 1942 | #993 | 62 |
| 1941 | #1,052 | 48 |
| 1940 | #989 | 52 |
| 1939 | #891 | 62 |
| 1938 | #967 | 54 |
| 1937 | #981 | 51 |
| 1936 | #853 | 63 |
| 1935 | #813 | 70 |
| 1934 | #848 | 65 |
| 1933 | #957 | 51 |
| 1932 | #830 | 68 |
| 1931 | #959 | 52 |
| 1930 | #1,072 | 47 |
| 1929 | #1,003 | 52 |
| 1928 | #1,210 | 40 |
| 1927 | #1,071 | 51 |
| 1926 | #1,148 | 44 |
| 1925 | #1,347 | 35 |
| 1924 | #1,475 | 32 |
| 1923 | #1,428 | 32 |
| 1922 | #1,430 | 32 |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 |
| 1919 | #2,264 | 15 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Merilyn! It came in at #3,434, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1917, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Merilyn is popular in 1943
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kansas#321 · 1 in 2,944
- Illinois#695 · 1 in 14,020
- California#891 · 1 in 15,595
Best ever in a state: #216 in Utah, 1945.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | #321 | 5 | 1 in 2,944 |
| Illinois | #695 | 5 | 1 in 14,020 |
| California | #891 | 5 | 1 in 15,595 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Merilyn
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 170 spots in 1944 (#1,070 → #900)
- Biggest drop: 136 spots in 1947 (#961 → #1,097)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1935 at #813 (70 births)
- Births halved by 1951, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1931–1940
- Highest: 1 in 14,980 girls born in 1935 were named Merilyn (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 25.2% of all girls named Merilyn (585) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 33 | #2,264 (1919) | #2,840 |
| 1920s | 346 | #1,003 (1929) | #1,513 |
| 1930s | 583 | #813 (1935) | #917 |
| 1940s | 585 | #900 (1944) | #1,073 |
| 1950s | 311 | #1,351 (1952) | #1,994 |
| 1960s | 123 | #2,825 (1964) | #3,703 |
| 1970s | 37 | #6,558 (1972) | #7,847 |
| 1980s | 41 | #7,409 (1981) | #10,043 |
| 1990s | 60 | #7,514 (1995) | #10,553 |
| 2000s | 130 | #6,245 (2005) | #8,705 |
| 2010s | 56 | #8,485 (2014) | #12,861 |
| 2020s | 12 | #13,477 (2024) | #13,535 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Merilyn in 1943
Top girls' names in 1943
More about 1943
girls
1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 24,916 of them was named Merilyn, which outranked 80.1% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,062Rosanna57
- #1,062Sandie57
- #1,062Wynona57
- #1,070Merilyn56
- #1,070Alona56
- #1,070Beatriz56
- #1,070Christene56
- #1,077Aletha55
- #1,077Amalia55
- #1,077Betsey55
Tied with 6 names at #1,070; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.