Merelyn

Girl · recorded 1924–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 2007best year

Most popular in 2007.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Merelyn.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1924

05919241949197419992024

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 43 recorded years as a table
Merelyn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19245
19264
19274
19304
19318
19326
19346
19368
19376
19395
19406
19417
19444
19454
19464
19484
19514
19963
19993
20003
20014
20023
20037
20043
20054
20066
20079
20086
20093
20105
20117
20124
20136
20144
20156
20167
20173
20184
20203
20213
20225
20238
20245

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Merelyn 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 2024
8
Rank in 2024
#11,122
How rare
1 in 202,523 girls
Since 1924
324

Merelyn was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 2007, at 9 per million girls born.

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

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