Merlie

Girl · recorded 1897–1948

  • 1948last recorded
  • 1901best year

Most popular in 1901.

Last recorded in 1948. 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 Merlie.

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 1897

0193818971910192319351948

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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 33 recorded years as a table
Merlie, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189726
190138
190620
190824
191013
191114
191216
191319
19147
191510
19165
19179
19189
19196
19208
192112
192211
19237
19248
19257
19278
19285
19294
19308
19326
19335
19349
19356
19398
19424
19466
19473
19483

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Merlie 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 1948
5
Rank in 1948
#5,243
How rare
1 in 339,581 girls
Since 1897
261

Merlie was last recorded in 1948. 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 1901, at 38 per million girls born.

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

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