Merlin

Boy · recorded 1885–2025

  • #2,332in 2025
  • 1 in 28,950boys in 2025
  • +89%last ten years

Most popular in 1931.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1885

017534918851920195519902025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 134 recorded years as a table
Merlin, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188556
188779
189045
189159
189585
189650
189857
189975
190053
190166
1902114
190375
1904109
190576
190690
1907143
1908194
1909122
1910118
1911146
1912177
1913166
1914194
1915211
1916247
1917249
1918264
1919256
1920295
1921311
1922301
1923243
1924298
1925307
1926331
1927345
1928277
1929305
1930303
1931349
1932301
1933305
1934274
1935296
1936264
1937241
1938256
1939221
1940215
1941210
1942157
1943186
1944153
1945139
1946127
194789
194888
194985
195098
195193
195280
195380
195474
195585
195671
195768
195874
195961
196049
196152
196246
196353
196448
196544
196649
196742
196837
196941
197026
197137
197244
197332
197436
197531
197634
197729
197829
197926
198027
198123
198225
198322
198422
198524
198618
198721
198826
198913
199021
199121
199217
199321
199414
199521
199621
199716
199824
199926
200024
200128
200222
200322
200423
200519
200624
200721
200820
200920
201013
201116
201221
201320
201418
201518
201621
201729
201831
201930
202030
202140
202228
202336
202442
202535

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Merlin isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
59
Rank in 2025
#2,332
How rare
1 in 28,950 boys
Since 1885
15,049

Most popular in 1931, at 349 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 89% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.