Merrilee · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Merrilee.

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Its story

Popularity since 1923

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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

Merrilee, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1923	6
1924	10
1928	6
1932	14
1933	8
1935	6
1936	12
1937	9
1939	10
1940	13
1941	15
1942	58
1943	51
1944	46
1945	34
1946	40
1947	38
1948	44
1949	44
1950	25
1951	26
1952	35
1953	37
1954	38
1955	33
1956	27
1957	27
1958	32
1959	22
1960	20
1961	20
1962	17
1963	15
1964	14
1965	14
1966	20
1967	13
1968	12
1969	20
1970	21
1971	24
1972	17
1973	12
1974	7
1975	11
1976	7
1977	10
1978	14
1979	5
1980	8
1981	10
1982	11
1983	5
1984	5
1985	4
1986	3
1987	3
1989	3
1991	4
1994	4
1995	3
1996	3
2002	3
2007	3
2019	3
2023	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Merrilee 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 2023: 5
Rank in 2023: #15,194
How rare: 1 in 320,916 girls
Since 1923: 1,871

Merrilee was last recorded in 2023. 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 1942, at 58 per million girls born.

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

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