Meryl
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · Last seen for boys in 1967 at #3,966
Given to girls 92.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1952 · 141 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,167since 1892
Meryl 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 | #8,362 | 12 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,443 | 23 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,960 | 20 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,152 | 25 | — | |
| 2017 | #6,044 | 20 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,632 | 30 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,254 | 50 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,768 | 29 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,296 | 34 | — | |
| 2011 | #7,118 | 17 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,226 | 27 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,383 | 25 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,113 | 25 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,419 | 22 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,673 | 20 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,576 | 24 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,730 | 31 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,239 | 25 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,357 | 33 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,988 | 39 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,351 | 33 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,687 | 45 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,540 | 30 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,464 | 49 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,096 | 59 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,822 | 68 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,792 | 65 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,539 | 79 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,632 | 72 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,583 | 71 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,552 | 72 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,672 | 68 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,195 | 46 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,749 | 63 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,333 | 24 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | — | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,356 | 31 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,166 | 21 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,267 | 34 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,809 | 46 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,975 | 37 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,012 | 34 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #1,669 | 45 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,561 | 51 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,393 | 65 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #1,241 | 78 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,266 | 76 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,243 | 79 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #1,073 | 100 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,018 | 108 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,081 | 94 | — | |
| 1957 | #855 | 141 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #792 | 156 | — | |
| 1955 | #869 | 125 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #782 | 143 | — | |
| 1953 | #801 | 132 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #747 | 141 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #819 | 119 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #777 | 124 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #772 | 125 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #821 | 112 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #898 | 97 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #1,006 | 70 | #2,030 | 13 |
| 1945 | #904 | 69 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #1,175 | 45 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #1,492 | 31 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | #1,413 | 33 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #1,418 | 30 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,327 | 31 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #1,505 | 25 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #1,165 | 37 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #1,483 | 25 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #1,603 | 22 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #1,364 | 28 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1932 | #1,382 | 29 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #1,127 | 40 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | #1,232 | 37 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #1,393 | 30 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #1,191 | 41 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #1,669 | 25 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1926 | #1,303 | 36 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #1,347 | 35 | #1,935 | 17 |
| 1924 | #1,354 | 36 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #1,283 | 37 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #1,836 | 22 | #2,143 | 15 |
| 1921 | #1,927 | 21 | #1,904 | 18 |
| 1920 | #1,407 | 32 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #1,989 | 18 | #2,063 | 15 |
| 1918 | #1,451 | 29 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #1,377 | 29 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 | #2,259 | 12 |
| 1915 | #1,738 | 19 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | #1,665 | 16 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,358 | 18 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,143 | 21 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | — | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1892
The first year at least five girls were named Meryl! It came in at #1,278, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1896, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 2,919 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #8,362)
- 2,875 spots since 2020 (#5,487 → #8,362)
- 5,108 spots since 2015 (#3,254 → #8,362)
- Biggest jump: 271 spots in 1945 (#1,175 → #904)
- Biggest drop: 226 spots in 1958 (#855 → #1,081)
Rise & fade · girls
60 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1952 at #747 (141 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1947–1957
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,870
- Highest: 1 in 12,870 girls born in 1956 were named Meryl (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #747 in 1952, was only 1 in 13,151 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 24.8% of all girls named Meryl (1,283) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 31 | #1,171 (1898) | #1,371 |
| 1900s | 49 | #1,416 (1906) | #1,577 |
| 1910s | 188 | #1,143 (1912) | #1,592 |
| 1920s | 315 | #1,191 (1928) | #1,471 |
| 1930s | 290 | #1,127 (1931) | #1,419 |
| 1940s | 627 | #772 (1949) | #1,201 |
| 1950s | 1,283 | #747 (1952) | #854 |
| 1960s | 611 | #1,073 (1960) | #1,524 |
| 1970s | 199 | #2,267 (1970) | #3,877 |
| 1980s | 663 | #1,539 (1986) | #1,763 |
| 1990s | 335 | #2,464 (1990) | #3,499 |
| 2000s | 203 | #5,113 (2005) | #6,217 |
| 2010s | 263 | #3,254 (2015) | #5,451 |
| 2020s | 110 | #5,443 (2024) | #6,488 |
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.
Meryl in 1984
girls
#1,583
71 births · 1 in 23,716 girls
Top girls' names in 1984
More about 1984
girls
1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 23,716 of them was named Meryl, which outranked 87.0% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Meryl
- #1,565Sallie72
- #1,565Sean72
- #1,565Trudy72
- #1,583Meryl71
- #1,583Aundrea71
- #1,583Bryanna71
- #1,583Deisy71
- #1,593Althea70
- #1,593Collette70
- #1,593Katey70
Tied with 9 names at #1,583; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.