Merrill
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
Given to boys 86.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1916 · 270 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 12,988since 1880
Merrill over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | #6,143 | 14 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | #9,763 | 7 | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | #7,643 | 10 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | #6,676 | 12 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 | #3,834 | 19 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #4,246 | 15 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #4,396 | 14 |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | #3,559 | 18 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | #3,911 | 16 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #3,042 | 22 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | #3,338 | 19 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | #2,052 | 36 |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 | #2,695 | 24 |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | #2,902 | 21 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #3,079 | 17 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #1,938 | 32 |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 | #2,360 | 23 |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 | #2,071 | 27 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | #1,764 | 32 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 | #1,490 | 41 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | #1,774 | 32 |
| 1981 | #3,739 | 21 | #1,456 | 43 |
| 1980 | #3,411 | 24 | #1,324 | 50 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #1,304 | 50 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | #1,258 | 51 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | #1,312 | 47 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | #1,190 | 52 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #1,345 | 42 |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 | #1,244 | 45 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | #1,329 | 39 |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 | #1,307 | 41 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | #1,138 | 52 |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 | #1,178 | 49 |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 | #1,017 | 57 |
| 1968 | #2,126 | 32 | #898 | 64 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | #915 | 62 |
| 1966 | #2,191 | 29 | #984 | 55 |
| 1965 | #2,833 | 19 | #881 | 69 |
| 1964 | #2,600 | 23 | #895 | 72 |
| 1963 | #2,306 | 27 | #785 | 94 |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 | #808 | 88 |
| 1961 | #1,921 | 36 | #762 | 102 |
| 1960 | #2,013 | 32 | #730 | 111 |
| 1959 | #2,054 | 30 | #752 | 102 |
| 1958 | #1,791 | 37 | #701 | 114 |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 | #628 | 149 |
| 1956 | #1,931 | 31 | #611 | 153 |
| 1955 | #1,498 | 46 | #608 | 148 |
| 1954 | #1,422 | 50 | #593 | 155 |
| 1953 | #1,358 | 51 | #590 | 149 |
| 1952 | #1,386 | 49 | #546 | 163 |
| 1951 | #1,396 | 45 | #562 | 149 |
| 1950 | #1,276 | 52 | #521 | 164 |
| 1949 | #1,265 | 52 | #542 | 151 |
| 1948 | #1,499 | 38 | #516 | 163 |
| 1947 | #1,397 | 44 | #480 | 194 |
| 1946 | #1,394 | 39 | #460 | 191 |
| 1945 | #1,402 | 33 | #454 | 171 |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 | #460 | 174 |
| 1943 | #1,703 | 25 | #391 | 242 |
| 1942 | #1,229 | 42 | #399 | 230 |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 | #401 | 210 |
| 1940 | #1,845 | 19 | #388 | 215 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | #372 | 235 |
| 1938 | #1,752 | 20 | #384 | 215 |
| 1937 | #1,735 | 20 | #365 | 221 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 | #353 | 233 |
| 1935 | #1,606 | 22 | #397 | 188 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | #355 | 239 |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 | #377 | 207 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 | #355 | 243 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | #341 | 257 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #352 | 260 |
| 1929 | #2,098 | 16 | #342 | 269 |
| 1928 | #2,094 | 17 | #342 | 278 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | #343 | 284 |
| 1926 | #2,257 | 16 | #331 | 305 |
| 1925 | #2,119 | 18 | #340 | 292 |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | #368 | 266 |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 | #354 | 278 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #355 | 276 |
| 1921 | #2,633 | 13 | #358 | 283 |
| 1920 | #2,172 | 17 | #345 | 289 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #338 | 279 |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | #333 | 296 |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 | #347 | 257 |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 | #320 | 270 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #325 | 261 |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 | #367 | 166 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #357 | 136 |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | #346 | 119 |
| 1911 | — | #368 | 57 | |
| 1910 | — | #440 | 39 | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | #365 | 42 |
| 1908 | — | #403 | 34 | |
| 1907 | — | #388 | 33 | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | #363 | 33 |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | #346 | 35 |
| 1904 | — | #344 | 34 | |
| 1903 | — | #346 | 31 | |
| 1902 | — | #388 | 26 | |
| 1901 | — | #359 | 26 | |
| 1900 | — | #477 | 23 | |
| 1899 | — | #346 | 27 | |
| 1898 | — | #377 | 27 | |
| 1897 | — | #411 | 21 | |
| 1896 | — | #407 | 23 | |
| 1895 | — | #383 | 25 | |
| 1894 | — | #502 | 16 | |
| 1893 | — | #349 | 26 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | #564 | 11 | |
| 1890 | — | #511 | 14 | |
| 1889 | — | #673 | 9 | |
| 1888 | — | #528 | 14 | |
| 1887 | — | #516 | 12 | |
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | #604 | 10 | |
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #381 | 20 | |
| 1882 | — | #611 | 10 | |
| 1881 | — | #706 | 7 | |
| 1880 | — | #505 | 13 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Merrill was already there! It came in at #505, and was given to 13 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2002, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 4,795 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #6,143)
- 4,462 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #6,143)
- 533 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #6,143)
- Biggest jump: 443 spots in 1887 (#959 → #516)
- Biggest drop: 355 spots in 1886 (#604 → #959)
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1916 at #320 (270 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 42 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 89 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1880–1968
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,251
- Highest: 1 in 3,251 boys born in 1915 were named Merrill (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #320 in 1916, was only 1 in 3,297 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 21.7% of all boys named Merrill (2,820) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
- Mostly girls until 2024, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 111 | #381 (1883) | #605 |
| 1890s | 201 | #346 (1899) | #449 |
| 1900s | 317 | #344 (1904) | #378 |
| 1910s | 1,880 | #320 (1916) | #354 |
| 1920s | 2,820 | #331 (1926) | #348 |
| 1930s | 2,298 | #341 (1931) | #365 |
| 1940s | 1,941 | #388 (1940) | #449 |
| 1950s | 1,446 | #521 (1950) | #611 |
| 1960s | 774 | #730 (1960) | #868 |
| 1970s | 468 | #1,138 (1971) | #1,261 |
| 1980s | 318 | #1,324 (1980) | #2,016 |
| 1990s | 192 | #2,052 (1991) | #3,739 |
| 2000s | 84 | #5,875 (2005) | #7,708 |
| 2010s | 91 | #6,676 (2015) | #8,401 |
| 2020s | 47 | #6,143 (2025) | #9,540 |
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.
Merrill in 1893
boys
#349
26 births · 1 in 4,320 boys
Top boys' names in 1893
More about 1893
boys
112,318 boys got a published name in 1893; 1 in 4,320 of them was named Merrill, which outranked 70.4% of the 1,179 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 36.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).