Merlene Popularity by Year
Follow Merlene across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Merlene 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Girls | 5 | #10,422 | Down 1,185 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 6 | #9,237 | Down 675 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 6 | #8,562 | Down 995 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 7 | #7,567 | Up 113 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 6 | #7,680 | Down 1,600 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 8 | #6,080 | Up 478 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 7 | #6,558 | Up 61 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 7 | #6,619 | Down 2,127 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 12 | #4,492 | Down 534 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 13 | #3,958 | Up 3,058 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 5 | #7,016 | Down 3,532 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 14 | #3,484 | Down 645 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 19 | #2,839 | Down 6 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 19 | #2,833 | Up 546 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 15 | #3,379 | Down 515 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 19 | #2,864 | Down 259 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 22 | #2,605 | Down 194 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 25 | #2,411 | Down 314 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 30 | #2,097 | Down 356 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 40 | #1,741 | Down 38 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 40 | #1,703 | Up 105 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 36 | #1,808 | Down 70 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 37 | #1,738 | Down 293 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 49 | #1,445 | Up 140 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 41 | #1,585 | Down 175 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 48 | #1,410 | Up 44 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 44 | #1,454 | Down 115 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 48 | #1,339 | Down 37 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 49 | #1,302 | Up 33 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 47 | #1,335 | Down 126 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 56 | #1,209 | Up 93 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 49 | #1,302 | Down 341 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 75 | #961 | Up 61 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 57 | #1,022 | Down 69 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 66 | #953 | Up 53 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 62 | #1,006 | Down 70 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 70 | #936 | Up 34 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 57 | #970 | Down 249 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 93 | #721 | Up 161 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 63 | #882 | Down 118 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 83 | #764 | Down 12 places |
| 1937 | Girls | 81 | #752 | Up 33 places |
| 1936 | Girls | 74 | #785 | Down 22 places |
| 1935 | Girls | 79 | #763 | Up 52 places |
| 1934 | Girls | 68 | #815 | Down 14 places |
| 1933 | Girls | 69 | #801 | Up 90 places |
| 1932 | Girls | 62 | #891 | Down 47 places |
| 1931 | Girls | 66 | #844 | Up 300 places |
| 1930 | Girls | 42 | #1,144 | Down 185 places |
| 1929 | Girls | 56 | #959 | Up 56 places |
| 1928 | Girls | 54 | #1,015 | Up 508 places |
| 1927 | Girls | 29 | #1,523 | Down 40 places |
| 1926 | Girls | 30 | #1,483 | Up 217 places |
| 1925 | Girls | 25 | #1,700 | Down 372 places |
| 1924 | Girls | 37 | #1,328 | Up 408 places |
| 1923 | Girls | 24 | #1,736 | Up 373 places |
| 1922 | Girls | 18 | #2,109 | Down 61 places |
| 1921 | Girls | 19 | #2,048 | Up 309 places |
| 1920 | Girls | 15 | #2,357 | Down 659 places |
| 1919 | Girls | 23 | #1,698 | Up 591 places |
| 1918 | Girls | 15 | #2,289 | Up 1,424 places |
| 1917 | Girls | 7 | #3,713 | Down 1,215 places |
| 1916 | Girls | 12 | #2,498 | Up 936 places |
| 1915 | Girls | 7 | #3,434 | Down 558 places |
| 1914 | Girls | 7 | #2,876 | Up 311 places |
| 1913 | Girls | 5 | #3,187 | — |