Merrill

Where Merrill comes from

Variant of Muriel.
— Wiktionary's entry for Merrill
Merrill through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #505 among boys, with 13 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1916
    Peak, #320
    270 babies named Merrill, its best rank.
  3. 1936
    Merrill McPeak born
    United States Air Force general
  4. 1958
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #701.
  5. 1977
    Merrill Moses born
    American water polo player and coach
  6. 2025
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name.
  • A male given name.
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Merrill Moses · American water polo player and coach, born 1977
  • Merrill McPeak · United States Air Force general, born 1936
  • Merrill Cook · United States Congressman from Utah, 1946–2026
  • Merrill McCormick · actor, 1892–1953
  • Merrill Osmond · American musician, born 1953

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.