Merwin

Boy · recorded 1892–2008

  • 2008last recorded
  • 1928best year

Most popular in 1928.

Last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1892

0295818921921195019792008

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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 70 recorded years as a table
Merwin, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189241
190653
190852
191026
191135
191223
191351
191452
191555
191657
191748
191834
191950
192042
192154
192249
192352
192446
192545
192652
192744
192858
192941
193042
193148
193238
193335
193433
193533
193627
193725
193822
193917
194017
194115
194214
194318
194416
194512
194610
194712
19487
19498
19509
19518
19525
19537
19547
19555
19566
19578
19583
19599
19603
19612
19625
19633
19644
19664
19675
19683
19694
19703
19744
19753
19773
19803
19813
19873
20082

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Merwin 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2008
5
Rank in 2008
#12,553
How rare
1 in 408,030 boys
Since 1892
1,625

Merwin was last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1928, at 58 per million boys born.

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

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