Merlene · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Merlene.

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 1913

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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 66 recorded years as a table

Merlene, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1913	8
1914	9
1915	7
1916	11
1917	6
1918	13
1919	20
1920	13
1921	15
1922	15
1923	20
1924	30
1925	21
1926	25
1927	24
1928	47
1929	50
1930	37
1931	62
1932	58
1933	68
1934	65
1935	75
1936	71
1937	76
1938	75
1939	57
1940	81
1941	47
1942	52
1943	44
1944	50
1945	44
1946	48
1947	28
1948	33
1949	27
1950	29
1951	27
1952	24
1953	26
1954	21
1955	25
1956	18
1957	18
1958	20
1959	20
1960	15
1961	12
1962	11
1963	10
1964	8
1965	11
1966	11
1967	8
1968	3
1969	8
1970	7
1971	4
1972	5
1973	5
1974	4
1977	5
1978	4
1982	4
1984	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Merlene 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 1984: 5
Rank in 1984: #10,422
How rare: 1 in 336,763 girls
Since 1913: 2,379

Merlene was last recorded in 1984. 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 1940, at 81 per million girls born.

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

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