Merla

Girl · recorded 1908–1966

  • 1966last recorded
  • 1908best year

Most popular in 1908.

Last recorded in 1966. 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 Merla.

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 1908

091819081923193719521966

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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 44 recorded years as a table
Merla, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190818
19156
19167
19195
19215
19247
19258
19264
19276
19289
192911
19308
19319
193213
19336
19348
193513
193612
193710
193811
19399
19407
19416
194211
194310
19445
194511
194610
19477
19484
19499
19506
19517
19526
19534
19546
19555
19564
19573
19585
19603
19613
19635
19663

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Merla 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 1966
5
Rank in 1966
#6,564
How rare
1 in 338,435 girls
Since 1908
424

Merla was last recorded in 1966. 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 1908, at 18 per million girls born.

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

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