Merrilee

Where Merrilee comes from

The dictionaries list Merrilee as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1923
    First appearance
    #3,971 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1942
    Peak, #873
    78 babies named Merrilee — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1944
    Merrilee Rush born
    American singer
  4. 1962
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,031.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Merrilee Fullerton · Canadian physician and politician
  • Merrilee Rush · American singer, born 1944

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.