Merilyn

Girl · recorded 1915–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1935best year

Most popular in 1935.

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

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Its story

Popularity since 1915

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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 92 recorded years as a table
Merilyn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19157
191810
191913
192010
192113
192227
192327
192426
192529
192637
192743
192835
192947
193042
193149
193264
193351
193462
193567
193661
193748
193849
193957
194045
194140
194246
194340
194454
194543
194648
194737
194832
194926
195021
195118
195228
195319
195422
195515
195610
195711
195812
19598
19608
19618
19627
19637
196411
19658
19665
19675
19697
19714
19725
19744
19764
19773
19785
19803
19815
19823
19853
19873
19883
19894
19913
19924
19933
19944
19956
19963
19976
19993
20004
20017
20028
20036
20049
200510
20065
20077
20088
20095
20105
20126
20133
20147
20153
20163
20175
20224
20244

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Merilyn 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
6
Rank in 2024
#13,477
How rare
1 in 270,031 girls
Since 1915
2,317

Merilyn 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 1935, at 67 per million girls born.

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

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