Merline
- Last seen for girls in 2007 at #12,676
- Peak · girls
- 1931 · 36 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,079since 1910
Merline over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Merline has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 |
| 1948 | #2,188 | 20 |
| 1947 | #2,146 | 21 |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 |
| 1945 | #1,874 | 20 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 |
| 1943 | #2,079 | 18 |
| 1942 | #1,668 | 25 |
| 1941 | #1,538 | 26 |
| 1940 | #1,242 | 35 |
| 1939 | #1,327 | 31 |
| 1938 | #1,413 | 28 |
| 1937 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1936 | #1,507 | 24 |
| 1935 | #1,449 | 26 |
| 1934 | #1,481 | 25 |
| 1933 | #1,311 | 30 |
| 1932 | #1,488 | 26 |
| 1931 | #1,199 | 36 |
| 1930 | #1,569 | 25 |
| 1929 | #2,098 | 16 |
| 1928 | #1,897 | 20 |
| 1927 | #1,331 | 36 |
| 1926 | #1,514 | 29 |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 |
| 1924 | #1,328 | 37 |
| 1923 | #1,672 | 25 |
| 1922 | #1,785 | 23 |
| 1921 | #1,668 | 26 |
| 1920 | #2,015 | 19 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1910
The first year at least five girls were named Merline! It came in at #1,935, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1911–1913, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Merline is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Merline 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 2007
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1931 at #1,199 (36 births)
- Births halved by 1943, 12 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 29,576
- Highest: 1 in 29,576 girls born in 1931 were named Merline (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 240,327 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
- 25.3% of all girls named Merline (273) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 65 | #1,935 (1910) | #2,785 |
| 1920s | 250 | #1,328 (1924) | #1,733 |
| 1930s | 273 | #1,199 (1931) | #1,437 |
| 1940s | 213 | #1,242 (1940) | #1,991 |
| 1950s | 111 | #2,341 (1950) | #3,787 |
| 1960s | 49 | #3,920 (1960) | #5,023 |
| 1970s | 7 | #6,900 (1974) | #6,900 |
| 1980s | 55 | #6,457 (1985) | #9,257 |
| 1990s | 25 | #8,501 (1990) | #11,898 |
| 2000s | 31 | #11,108 (2002) | #13,990 |
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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