Merlyn · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Merlyn.

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Its story

Popularity since 1908

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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 88 recorded years as a table

Merlyn, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1908	32
1911	22
1912	35
1913	33
1914	31
1915	46
1916	36
1917	58
1918	52
1919	52
1920	62
1921	52
1922	66
1923	68
1924	64
1925	71
1926	78
1927	101
1928	88
1929	86
1930	125
1931	123
1932	104
1933	106
1934	110
1935	101
1936	99
1937	97
1938	99
1939	73
1940	77
1941	65
1942	54
1943	49
1944	42
1945	42
1946	28
1947	21
1948	27
1949	21
1950	23
1951	23
1952	21
1953	16
1954	16
1955	14
1956	8
1957	11
1958	9
1959	11
1960	8
1961	8
1962	9
1963	8
1964	8
1965	4
1966	6
1967	3
1968	6
1969	7
1970	4
1971	4
1974	5
1975	4
1977	3
1978	4
1979	5
1980	7
1987	3
1988	3
1990	2
1991	3
1993	3
1997	3
1999	5
2000	5
2004	4
2009	4
2012	3
2013	3
2014	3
2016	3
2017	3
2019	3
2020	3
2021	3
2022	4
2025	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Merlyn 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

More like Merlyn

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 6
Rank in 2025: #10,695
How rare: 1 in 284,679 boys
Since 1908: 3,410

Most popular in 1930, at 125 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Merlyn doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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