NameTides

Merl

Merl peaked in the US in 1907 at #591, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.

Merl as a boy’s name

  • US
Merl as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020
Merl as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
1986#6,721 (5)
1985#6,523 (5)
1984#6,315 (5)
1977#4,164 (8)
1976#4,935 (6)
1975#4,309 (7)
1974#3,318 (10)
1973#3,223 (10)
1972#2,659 (13)
1971#3,963 (7)
1970#3,521 (8)
1969#2,308 (14)
1968#2,735 (10)
1967#2,242 (13)
1966#3,537 (6)

Merl as a girl’s name

  • US
Merl as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020
Merl as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
1966#6,564 (5)
1951#4,833 (6)
1942#4,124 (6)
1941#4,420 (5)
1940#3,503 (7)
1939#4,250 (5)
1937#4,255 (5)
1936#3,103 (8)
1935#3,156 (8)
1933#3,753 (6)
1930#3,055 (9)
1929#3,394 (8)
1928#4,725 (5)
1927#3,561 (8)
1926#2,351 (15)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1907 at #591.
  • First recorded in the US in 1886.
  • In 1966, 46% of US babies named Merl were girls.