Merrin
- #7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births
- Peak · girls
- 2020 · 15 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 264since 1981
Merrin over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Merrin has never cracked the top 7,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
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| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
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| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
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| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 |
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| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
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First appearance
1981
The first year at least five girls were named Merrin! It came in at #10,411, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1981–1991, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Merrin is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Merrin in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 634 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #7,885)
- 673 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #7,885)
- 123 spots since 2015 (#8,008 → #7,885)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1981
- Peaked 2020 at #7,212 (15 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 107,770
- Highest: 1 in 107,770 girls born in 2020 were named Merrin (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 31.4% of all girls named Merrin (83) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 | #10,411 (1981) | #10,411 |
| 1990s | 24 | #11,738 (1992) | #12,165 |
| 2000s | 75 | #8,883 (2005) | #12,302 |
| 2010s | 83 | #8,008 (2015) | #12,036 |
| 2020s | 77 | #7,212 (2020) | #8,223 |
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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