Merlie Popularity by Year
Follow Merlie across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Merlie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Girls | 5 | #5,243 | Down 479 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 6 | #4,764 | Down 1,334 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 9 | #3,430 | Up 1,192 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 5 | #4,622 | Down 1,700 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 9 | #2,922 | Up 820 places |
| 1935 | Girls | 6 | #3,742 | Down 819 places |
| 1934 | Girls | 9 | #2,923 | Up 1,295 places |
| 1933 | Girls | 5 | #4,218 | Down 317 places |
| 1932 | Girls | 6 | #3,901 | Down 846 places |
| 1930 | Girls | 9 | #3,055 | Up 1,515 places |
| 1929 | Girls | 5 | #4,570 | Down 375 places |
| 1928 | Girls | 6 | #4,195 | Down 911 places |
| 1927 | Girls | 9 | #3,284 | Up 380 places |
| 1925 | Girls | 8 | #3,664 | Down 520 places |
| 1924 | Girls | 10 | #3,144 | Up 497 places |
| 1923 | Girls | 8 | #3,641 | Down 1,029 places |
| 1922 | Girls | 13 | #2,612 | Down 234 places |
| 1921 | Girls | 15 | #2,378 | Up 719 places |
| 1920 | Girls | 10 | #3,097 | Up 720 places |
| 1919 | Girls | 7 | #3,817 | Down 793 places |
| 1918 | Girls | 10 | #3,024 | Down 145 places |
| 1917 | Girls | 10 | #2,879 | Up 1,538 places |
| 1916 | Girls | 5 | #4,417 | Down 1,729 places |
| 1915 | Girls | 10 | #2,688 | Up 930 places |
| 1914 | Girls | 5 | #3,618 | Down 1,852 places |
| 1913 | Girls | 12 | #1,766 | Up 215 places |
| 1912 | Girls | 9 | #1,981 | Up 210 places |
| 1911 | Girls | 6 | #2,191 | Up 207 places |
| 1910 | Girls | 5 | #2,398 | Down 851 places |
| 1908 | Girls | 8 | #1,547 | Up 180 places |
| 1906 | Girls | 6 | #1,727 | Down 591 places |
| 1901 | Girls | 9 | #1,136 | Up 249 places |
| 1897 | Girls | 6 | #1,385 | — |