Merilyn Popularity by Year
Follow Merilyn across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Merilyn birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Girls | 6 | #13,477 | Up 115 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 6 | #13,592 | Down 2,903 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 9 | #10,689 | Up 5,526 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 5 | #16,215 | Up 204 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 5 | #16,419 | Down 7,934 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 13 | #8,485 | Up 8,062 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 5 | #16,547 | Down 6,118 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 10 | #10,429 | Up 817 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 9 | #11,246 | Down 567 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 10 | #10,679 | Down 2,937 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 16 | #7,742 | Up 778 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 14 | #8,520 | Up 2,091 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 10 | #10,611 | Down 4,366 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 19 | #6,245 | Up 523 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 17 | #6,768 | Up 2,280 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 11 | #9,048 | Down 1,604 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 14 | #7,444 | Up 752 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 12 | #8,196 | Up 3,605 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 7 | #11,801 | Up 887 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 6 | #12,688 | Down 4,354 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 10 | #8,334 | Up 5,184 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 5 | #13,518 | Down 6,004 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 11 | #7,514 | Up 2,072 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 8 | #9,586 | Up 2,194 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 6 | #11,780 | Down 2,289 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 8 | #9,491 | Up 2,018 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 6 | #11,509 | Down 1,828 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 7 | #9,681 | Up 2,117 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 5 | #11,798 | Down 1,973 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 6 | #9,825 | Up 852 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 5 | #10,677 | Down 160 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 5 | #10,517 | Down 3,108 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 8 | #7,409 | Up 2,983 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 5 | #10,392 | Down 2,743 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 7 | #7,649 | Up 2,003 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 5 | #9,652 | Down 1,496 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 6 | #8,156 | Down 476 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 6 | #7,680 | Down 1,122 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 7 | #6,558 | Up 830 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 6 | #7,388 | Down 3,190 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 12 | #4,198 | Up 784 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 8 | #4,982 | Down 116 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 8 | #4,866 | Down 1,464 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 14 | #3,402 | Down 577 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 20 | #2,825 | Up 633 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 14 | #3,458 | Down 20 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 14 | #3,438 | Down 378 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 17 | #3,060 | Up 35 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 16 | #3,095 | Down 115 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 16 | #2,980 | Down 658 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 24 | #2,322 | Up 94 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 22 | #2,416 | Up 114 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 20 | #2,530 | Down 590 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 30 | #1,940 | Down 400 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 43 | #1,540 | Up 108 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 36 | #1,648 | Down 297 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 51 | #1,351 | Up 314 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 33 | #1,665 | Down 115 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 36 | #1,550 | Down 157 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 44 | #1,393 | Down 155 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 54 | #1,238 | Down 141 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 66 | #1,097 | Down 136 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 75 | #961 | Up 71 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 56 | #1,032 | Down 132 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 72 | #900 | Up 170 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 56 | #1,070 | Down 77 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 62 | #993 | Up 59 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 48 | #1,052 | Down 63 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 52 | #989 | Down 98 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 62 | #891 | Up 76 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 54 | #967 | Up 14 places |
| 1937 | Girls | 51 | #981 | Down 128 places |
| 1936 | Girls | 63 | #853 | Down 40 places |
| 1935 | Girls | 70 | #813 | Up 35 places |
| 1934 | Girls | 65 | #848 | Up 109 places |
| 1933 | Girls | 51 | #957 | Down 127 places |
| 1932 | Girls | 68 | #830 | Up 129 places |
| 1931 | Girls | 52 | #959 | Up 113 places |
| 1930 | Girls | 47 | #1,072 | Down 69 places |
| 1929 | Girls | 52 | #1,003 | Up 207 places |
| 1928 | Girls | 40 | #1,210 | Down 139 places |
| 1927 | Girls | 51 | #1,071 | Up 77 places |
| 1926 | Girls | 44 | #1,148 | Up 199 places |
| 1925 | Girls | 35 | #1,347 | Up 128 places |
| 1924 | Girls | 32 | #1,475 | Down 47 places |
| 1923 | Girls | 32 | #1,428 | Up 2 places |
| 1922 | Girls | 32 | #1,430 | Up 852 places |
| 1921 | Girls | 16 | #2,282 | Up 449 places |
| 1920 | Girls | 12 | #2,731 | Down 467 places |
| 1919 | Girls | 15 | #2,264 | Up 558 places |
| 1918 | Girls | 11 | #2,822 | Up 612 places |
| 1915 | Girls | 7 | #3,434 | — |