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
Rank among girls' names. Merrilee has never cracked the top 800 here.
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 | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
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| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | — | |
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| 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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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 1949
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#367 · 1 in 3,589
- California#607 · 1 in 8,087
- Michigan#679 · 1 in 14,137
- Ohio#729 · 1 in 17,343
- Illinois#779 · 1 in 17,162
Best ever in a state: #281 in Washington, 1943.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Washington | #367 | 7 | 1 in 3,589 |
| California | #607 | 14 | 1 in 8,087 |
| Michigan | #679 | 5 | 1 in 14,137 |
| Ohio | #729 | 5 | 1 in 17,343 |
| Illinois | #779 | 5 | 1 in 17,162 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Merrilee
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 1,081 spots in 1942 (#1,954 → #873)
- Biggest drop: 194 spots in 1945 (#993 → #1,187)
- Debuted 1923
- Peaked 1942 at #873 (78 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1942–1944
- 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%)
- 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.
Merrilee in 1949
Top girls' names in 1949
More about 1949
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1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 22,512 of them was named Merrilee, which outranked 83.1% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,018Jeanetta77
- #1,018Ronni77
- #1,018Trina77
- #1,023Merrilee76
- #1,023Allie76
- #1,023Carmelita76
- #1,023Erin76
- #1,032Ellyn75
- #1,032Johnny75
- #1,032Kendra75
Tied with 8 names at #1,023; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.