Merlinda
- Last seen for girls in 2009 at #15,242
- Peak · girls
- 1958 · 20 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 530since 1931
Merlinda over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Merlinda has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
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| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
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| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
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| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 |
| 1966 | #2,937 | 18 |
| 1965 | #2,938 | 18 |
| 1964 | #2,675 | 22 |
| 1963 | #2,960 | 18 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 |
| 1958 | #2,581 | 20 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 |
| 1944 | — | |
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| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 |
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| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 |
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First appearance
1931
The first year at least five girls were named Merlinda! It came in at #4,331, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1931–1939, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Merlinda is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Merlinda in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1931
- Peaked 1958 at #2,581 (20 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 86,130
- Highest: 1 in 86,130 girls born in 1964 were named Merlinda (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 306,186 girls born in 2009 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,581 in 1958, was only 1 in 100,581 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 28.3% of all girls named Merlinda (150) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 15 | #4,255 (1937) | #4,309 |
| 1940s | 65 | #2,916 (1945) | #3,631 |
| 1950s | 121 | #2,581 (1958) | #3,431 |
| 1960s | 150 | #2,675 (1964) | #3,490 |
| 1970s | 93 | #4,091 (1972) | #5,577 |
| 1980s | 61 | #5,254 (1981) | #8,230 |
| 1990s | 14 | #9,559 (1993) | #10,484 |
| 2000s | 11 | #15,242 (2009) | #15,852 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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