Merrill

Where Merrill comes from

Variant of Muriel.
— Wiktionary's entry for Merrill
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #505 among boys — 13 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1916
    Peak, #320
    270 babies named Merrill — more than any year before or since.
  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 it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
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.