Merwin
Last seen for girls in 1928 at #4,725 · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #12,553
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1928 · 64 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,625since 1892
Merwin over time
Rank among boys' names. Merwin 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
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| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
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| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
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| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
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| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,986 | 8 | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #3,050 | 8 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,504 | 11 | |
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,865 | 19 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,361 | 12 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,558 | 10 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,114 | 14 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,186 | 13 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,680 | 9 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,904 | 16 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,879 | 16 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,022 | 14 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,115 | 13 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,599 | 22 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,813 | 16 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,697 | 16 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,438 | 22 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,368 | 26 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,629 | 19 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,588 | 19 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,519 | 20 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,532 | 19 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,364 | 24 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,288 | 27 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,243 | 28 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,123 | 34 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,133 | 34 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,103 | 35 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,056 | 40 | |
| 1931 | — | #910 | 50 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,007 | 46 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,026 | 44 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #818 | 64 |
| 1927 | — | #990 | 50 | |
| 1926 | — | #875 | 58 | |
| 1925 | — | #956 | 50 | |
| 1924 | — | #980 | 52 | |
| 1923 | — | #905 | 57 | |
| 1922 | — | #958 | 53 | |
| 1921 | — | #913 | 59 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,035 | 45 | |
| 1919 | — | #959 | 49 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,192 | 34 | |
| 1917 | — | #982 | 44 | |
| 1916 | — | #883 | 51 | |
| 1915 | — | #906 | 47 | |
| 1914 | — | #949 | 34 | |
| 1913 | — | #969 | 26 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
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| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
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| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Merwin! It came in at #1,066, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1905, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Merwin is popular in 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#401 · 1 in 6,674
Best ever in a state: #184 in Connecticut, 1927.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Illinois | #401 | 8 | 1 in 6,674 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Merwin
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Biggest jump: 650 spots in 1913 (#1,619 → #969)
- Biggest drop: 210 spots in 1918 (#982 → #1,192)
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1928 at #818 (64 births)
- Births halved by 1936, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1921–1928
- Highest: 1 in 17,306 boys born in 1928 were named Merwin (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 408,030 boys born in 2008 (0.00%)
- 32.7% of all boys named Merwin (532) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,066 (1892) | #1,066 |
| 1900s | 15 | #1,004 (1906) | #1,013 |
| 1910s | 308 | #883 (1916) | #1,134 |
| 1920s | 532 | #818 (1928) | #946 |
| 1930s | 337 | #910 (1931) | #1,176 |
| 1940s | 187 | #1,368 (1943) | #1,679 |
| 1950s | 132 | #1,865 (1959) | #2,306 |
| 1960s | 67 | #2,504 (1962) | #3,291 |
| 1970s | 22 | #4,190 (1974) | #5,056 |
| 1980s | 15 | #6,250 (1980) | #6,488 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 5 | #12,553 (2008) | #12,553 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Merwin in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 23,652 of them was named Merwin, which outranked 79.3% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,020Robin46
- #1,020Terence46
- #1,020Vernal46
- #1,035Merwin45
- #1,035Adolfo45
- #1,035Alvah45
- #1,035Bernhard45
- #1,045Alfonse44
- #1,045Alonza44
- #1,045Arley44
Tied with 9 names at #1,035; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.