Merion Popularity by Year

Follow Merion across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Merion birth-count history

The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.

Year	Category	Births	Rank	Change from previous recorded year
1959	Girls	5	#6,245	Down 417 places
1958	Boys	6	#3,559	Up 383 places
1956	Boys	5	#3,942	Down 56 places
1955	Boys	5	#3,886	Down 88 places
1955	Girls	5	#5,828	Down 414 places
1953	Boys	5	#3,798	Down 108 places
1951	Girls	5	#5,414	Down 1,531 places
1949	Boys	5	#3,690	Down 165 places
1948	Girls	8	#3,883	Down 435 places
1947	Girls	10	#3,448	Up 1,126 places
1946	Boys	5	#3,525	Down 416 places
1944	Boys	6	#3,109	Up 429 places
1944	Girls	5	#4,574	Up 48 places
1943	Boys	5	#3,538	Down 405 places
1942	Girls	5	#4,622	Down 202 places
1941	Boys	6	#3,133	Up 42 places
1941	Girls	5	#4,420	Down 557 places
1940	Girls	6	#3,863	Up 318 places
1937	Boys	6	#3,175	Down 28 places
1936	Boys	6	#3,147	Down 196 places
1936	Girls	5	#4,181	Down 1,022 places
1935	Boys	7	#2,951	Down 209 places
1934	Boys	8	#2,742	Up 900 places
1934	Girls	8	#3,159	Up 67 places
1933	Boys	5	#3,642	Down 550 places
1932	Boys	7	#3,092	Down 483 places
1931	Girls	8	#3,226	Up 1,344 places
1930	Boys	10	#2,609	Up 748 places
1929	Girls	5	#4,570	Down 375 places
1928	Boys	7	#3,357	Down 97 places
1928	Girls	6	#4,195	Down 320 places
1927	Girls	7	#3,875	Down 2 places
1926	Girls	7	#3,873	Up 129 places
1924	Boys	8	#3,260	Up 562 places
1924	Girls	7	#4,002	Up 9 places
1923	Boys	6	#3,822	Down 290 places
1922	Boys	7	#3,532	Down 1,156 places
1922	Girls	7	#4,011	Up 406 places
1921	Boys	13	#2,376	Up 1,439 places
1920	Boys	6	#3,815	Down 87 places
1918	Boys	6	#3,728	Down 646 places
1916	Girls	5	#4,417	—
1915	Boys	7	#3,082	—