Merwin
Last seen for girls in 1928 at #4,725 · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #12,553
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1928 · 64 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,625since 1892
Merwin over time
Rank among boys' names. Merwin 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 | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
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| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
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| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,986 | 8 | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #3,050 | 8 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,504 | 11 | |
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,865 | 19 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,361 | 12 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,558 | 10 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,114 | 14 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,186 | 13 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,680 | 9 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,904 | 16 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,879 | 16 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,022 | 14 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,115 | 13 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,599 | 22 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,813 | 16 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,697 | 16 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,438 | 22 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,368 | 26 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,629 | 19 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,588 | 19 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,519 | 20 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,532 | 19 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,364 | 24 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,288 | 27 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,243 | 28 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,123 | 34 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,133 | 34 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,103 | 35 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,056 | 40 | |
| 1931 | — | #910 | 50 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,007 | 46 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,026 | 44 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #818 | 64 |
| 1927 | — | #990 | 50 | |
| 1926 | — | #875 | 58 | |
| 1925 | — | #956 | 50 | |
| 1924 | — | #980 | 52 | |
| 1923 | — | #905 | 57 | |
| 1922 | — | #958 | 53 | |
| 1921 | — | #913 | 59 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,035 | 45 | |
| 1919 | — | #959 | 49 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,192 | 34 | |
| 1917 | — | #982 | 44 | |
| 1916 | — | #883 | 51 | |
| 1915 | — | #906 | 47 | |
| 1914 | — | #949 | 34 | |
| 1913 | — | #969 | 26 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
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| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Merwin! It came in at #1,066, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1905, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Merwin
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Biggest jump: 650 spots in 1913 (#1,619 → #969)
- Biggest drop: 210 spots in 1918 (#982 → #1,192)
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1928 at #818 (64 births)
- Births halved by 1936, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1921–1928
- Highest: 1 in 17,306 boys born in 1928 were named Merwin (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 408,030 boys born in 2008 (0.00%)
- 32.7% of all boys named Merwin (532) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,066 (1892) | #1,066 |
| 1900s | 15 | #1,004 (1906) | #1,013 |
| 1910s | 308 | #883 (1916) | #1,134 |
| 1920s | 532 | #818 (1928) | #946 |
| 1930s | 337 | #910 (1931) | #1,176 |
| 1940s | 187 | #1,368 (1943) | #1,679 |
| 1950s | 132 | #1,865 (1959) | #2,306 |
| 1960s | 67 | #2,504 (1962) | #3,291 |
| 1970s | 22 | #4,190 (1974) | #5,056 |
| 1980s | 15 | #6,250 (1980) | #6,488 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 5 | #12,553 (2008) | #12,553 |
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.
Merwin in 1928
Top girls' names in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
girls
1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 230,664 of them was named Merwin, which outranked 13.1% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 715 names at #4,725; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 17,306 of them was named Merwin, which outranked 82.7% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).