Merline Popularity by Year
Follow Merline across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Merline 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Girls | 8 | #12,676 | Up 3,108 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 5 | #15,784 | Down 4,676 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 8 | #11,108 | Up 4,244 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 5 | #15,352 | Down 321 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 5 | #15,031 | Down 2,605 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 6 | #12,426 | Up 1,092 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 5 | #13,518 | Down 371 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 5 | #13,147 | Down 4,646 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 9 | #8,501 | Up 3,861 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 5 | #12,362 | Down 1,976 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 6 | #10,386 | Up 939 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 5 | #11,325 | Down 4,713 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 10 | #6,612 | Down 155 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 10 | #6,457 | Up 941 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 8 | #7,398 | Up 2,877 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 5 | #10,275 | Down 1,038 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 6 | #9,237 | Down 2,337 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 7 | #6,900 | Down 2,407 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 9 | #4,493 | Up 1,516 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 6 | #6,009 | Down 1,113 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 8 | #4,896 | Up 1,682 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 5 | #6,578 | Down 2,339 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 10 | #4,239 | Down 319 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 11 | #3,920 | Up 1,646 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 6 | #5,566 | Down 1,641 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 10 | #3,925 | Up 993 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 7 | #4,918 | Down 1,425 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 12 | #3,493 | Up 1,715 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 6 | #5,208 | Down 2,051 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 13 | #3,157 | Up 323 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 11 | #3,480 | Down 809 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 16 | #2,671 | Up 435 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 12 | #3,106 | Down 765 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 18 | #2,341 | Up 509 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 13 | #2,850 | Down 662 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 20 | #2,188 | Down 42 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 21 | #2,146 | Up 82 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 18 | #2,228 | Down 354 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 20 | #1,874 | Up 222 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 17 | #2,096 | Down 17 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 18 | #2,079 | Down 411 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 25 | #1,668 | Down 130 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 26 | #1,538 | Down 296 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 35 | #1,242 | Up 85 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 31 | #1,327 | Up 86 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 28 | #1,413 | Up 217 places |
| 1937 | Girls | 22 | #1,630 | Down 123 places |
| 1936 | Girls | 24 | #1,507 | Down 58 places |
| 1935 | Girls | 26 | #1,449 | Up 32 places |
| 1934 | Girls | 25 | #1,481 | Down 170 places |
| 1933 | Girls | 30 | #1,311 | Up 177 places |
| 1932 | Girls | 26 | #1,488 | Down 289 places |
| 1931 | Girls | 36 | #1,199 | Up 370 places |
| 1930 | Girls | 25 | #1,569 | Up 529 places |
| 1929 | Girls | 16 | #2,098 | Down 201 places |
| 1928 | Girls | 20 | #1,897 | Down 566 places |
| 1927 | Girls | 36 | #1,331 | Up 183 places |
| 1926 | Girls | 29 | #1,514 | Up 504 places |
| 1925 | Girls | 19 | #2,018 | Down 690 places |
| 1924 | Girls | 37 | #1,328 | Up 344 places |
| 1923 | Girls | 25 | #1,672 | Up 113 places |
| 1922 | Girls | 23 | #1,785 | Down 117 places |
| 1921 | Girls | 26 | #1,668 | Up 347 places |
| 1920 | Girls | 19 | #2,015 | Up 500 places |
| 1919 | Girls | 13 | #2,515 | Up 307 places |
| 1918 | Girls | 11 | #2,822 | Up 891 places |
| 1917 | Girls | 7 | #3,713 | Down 1,215 places |
| 1916 | Girls | 12 | #2,498 | Up 636 places |
| 1915 | Girls | 8 | #3,134 | Down 258 places |
| 1914 | Girls | 7 | #2,876 | Down 941 places |
| 1910 | Girls | 7 | #1,935 | — |