Meryle
- Last seen for girls in 1963 at #5,296
- Last seen for boys in 1946 at #3,525
- Given to girls 92.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1909 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 397since 1907
Meryle over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
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| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | — | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | — | |
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| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,027 | 18 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 | — | |
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
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| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | — | |
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| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | — | |
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| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 | — | |
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,137 | 18 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,100 | 16 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | — | |
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| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | — | |
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| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | — | |
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| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1907
The first year at least five girls were named Meryle! It came in at #2,061, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1907–1908, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Meryle is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Meryle in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Meryle
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1963
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1907
- Peaked 1909 at #1,957 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1910, 1 yr later
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 57,871
- Highest: 1 in 57,871 girls born in 1909 were named Meryle (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 275,358 girls born in 1963 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 24.7% of all girls named Meryle (98) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1942
- Mostly boys until 1941, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 11 | #1,957 (1909) | #2,009 |
| 1910s | 75 | #2,100 (1917) | #2,712 |
| 1920s | 98 | #2,137 (1924) | #3,201 |
| 1930s | 52 | #2,404 (1933) | #3,522 |
| 1940s | 82 | #2,027 (1944) | #3,317 |
| 1950s | 67 | #2,937 (1951) | #4,803 |
| 1960s | 12 | #5,296 (1963) | #5,843 |
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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