Merlinda · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Merlinda.

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Its story

Popularity since 1931

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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 52 recorded years as a table

Merlinda, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1931	5
1937	5
1938	5
1940	5
1941	7
1942	7
1945	8
1946	6
1947	4
1948	4
1949	6
1950	6
1951	8
1952	4
1953	5
1954	5
1955	7
1956	6
1957	5
1958	10
1959	6
1960	5
1961	4
1962	6
1963	9
1964	12
1965	10
1966	11
1967	8
1968	10
1969	8
1970	4
1971	7
1972	9
1973	8
1974	10
1975	5
1976	5
1978	5
1979	8
1980	5
1981	8
1982	5
1983	4
1984	4
1985	4
1986	4
1987	3
1990	3
1993	4
2005	3
2009	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Merlinda 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 2009: 6
Rank in 2009: #15,242
How rare: 1 in 306,185 girls
Since 1931: 530

Merlinda was last recorded in 2009. 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 1964, at 12 per million girls born.

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

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