Merrilee
- Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194
- Peak · girls
- 1942 · 78 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,871since 1923
Merrilee over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Merrilee has never cracked the top 800 here.
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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 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
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| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
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| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | — | |
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| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | — | |
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| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | #3,388 | 22 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 |
| 1973 | #3,635 | 17 |
| 1972 | #2,680 | 26 |
| 1971 | #2,064 | 40 |
| 1970 | #2,160 | 37 |
| 1969 | #2,171 | 34 |
| 1968 | #2,874 | 20 |
| 1967 | #2,706 | 21 |
| 1966 | #2,022 | 33 |
| 1965 | #2,464 | 24 |
| 1964 | #2,412 | 26 |
| 1963 | #2,252 | 28 |
| 1962 | #2,031 | 33 |
| 1961 | #1,788 | 41 |
| 1960 | #1,764 | 41 |
| 1959 | #1,617 | 45 |
| 1958 | #1,310 | 65 |
| 1957 | #1,427 | 55 |
| 1956 | #1,437 | 54 |
| 1955 | #1,261 | 64 |
| 1954 | #1,164 | 73 |
| 1953 | #1,164 | 69 |
| 1952 | #1,185 | 64 |
| 1951 | #1,362 | 47 |
| 1950 | #1,411 | 42 |
| 1949 | #1,023 | 76 |
| 1948 | #1,015 | 74 |
| 1947 | #1,086 | 67 |
| 1946 | #1,071 | 63 |
| 1945 | #1,187 | 44 |
| 1944 | #993 | 61 |
| 1943 | #922 | 71 |
| 1942 | #873 | 78 |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 |
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| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 |
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| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 |
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First appearance
1923
The first year at least five girls were named Merrilee! It came in at #3,971, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1925–1927, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Merrilee is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Merrilee 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 2023
- Biggest jump: 1,081 spots in 1942
- Biggest drop: 194 spots in 1945
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1923
- Peaked 1942 at #873 (78 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1942–1944
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,317
- Highest: 1 in 17,317 girls born in 1942 were named Merrilee (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 30.9% of all girls named Merrilee (578) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 27 | #2,661 (1924) | #3,458 |
| 1930s | 62 | #2,130 (1932) | #2,782 |
| 1940s | 567 | #873 (1942) | #1,223 |
| 1950s | 578 | #1,164 (1954) | #1,334 |
| 1960s | 301 | #1,764 (1960) | #2,248 |
| 1970s | 203 | #2,064 (1971) | #4,004 |
| 1980s | 88 | #4,167 (1982) | #7,602 |
| 1990s | 24 | #10,271 (1991) | #11,936 |
| 2000s | 11 | #15,432 (2002) | #15,462 |
| 2010s | 5 | #15,539 (2019) | #15,539 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,194 (2023) | #15,194 |
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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