Merion

Girl · recorded 1916–1959

  • 1959last recorded
  • 1934best year

Most popular in 1934.

Last recorded in 1959. 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 1916

04819161927193819481959

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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 19 recorded years as a table
Merion, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19165
19226
19246
19266
19276
19285
19294
19318
19348
19365
19405
19414
19424
19444
19476
19485
19513
19553
19592

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Merion 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 1959
5
Rank in 1959
#6,245
How rare
1 in 404,692 girls
Since 1916
119

Merion was last recorded in 1959. 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 1934, at 8 per million girls born.

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

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