Merrell
Where Merrell comes from
Variant of Muriel.
Along the way
- 1911First appearance#1,740 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
- 1915Peak, #1,26527 babies named Merrell — more than any year before or since.
- 1934The fadeThe first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,563.
- 1986Mostly boys from hereUntil now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
- A male given name.
Namesakes
We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Merrell hasn't yet.
Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.