Merril Popularity by Year
Follow Merril across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Merril 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Boys | 5 | #12,553 | Down 7,028 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 6 | #5,525 | Down 891 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 6 | #4,634 | Down 259 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 6 | #4,375 | Down 816 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 6 | #3,559 | Down 509 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 5 | #6,804 | Down 414 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 8 | #3,050 | Up 590 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 6 | #3,640 | Down 303 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 7 | #3,337 | Down 843 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 5 | #6,390 | Down 304 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 11 | #2,494 | Down 133 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 5 | #6,086 | Down 1,925 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 12 | #2,361 | Up 603 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 9 | #4,161 | Up 1,047 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 8 | #2,964 | Down 648 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 6 | #5,208 | Down 60 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 12 | #2,316 | Up 1,482 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 6 | #5,148 | Down 665 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 5 | #3,798 | Down 1,118 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 9 | #2,680 | Down 185 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 7 | #4,483 | Down 1,431 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 10 | #2,495 | Down 174 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 11 | #2,321 | Down 299 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 12 | #3,052 | Up 124 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 14 | #2,022 | Up 586 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 11 | #3,176 | Up 1,475 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 9 | #2,608 | Up 63 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 6 | #4,651 | Down 644 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 9 | #2,671 | Down 722 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 8 | #4,007 | Down 1,091 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 14 | #1,949 | Down 97 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 14 | #1,852 | Up 228 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 10 | #2,916 | Up 1,280 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 12 | #2,080 | Down 444 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 19 | #1,636 | Up 310 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 6 | #4,196 | Down 1,379 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 14 | #1,946 | Down 43 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 11 | #2,817 | Up 1,137 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 14 | #1,903 | Up 80 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 6 | #3,954 | Up 851 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 13 | #1,983 | Down 104 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 14 | #1,879 | Up 306 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 11 | #2,185 | Down 429 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 16 | #1,756 | Down 117 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 17 | #1,639 | Down 55 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 19 | #1,584 | Up 537 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 12 | #2,121 | Down 581 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 20 | #1,540 | Up 237 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 17 | #1,777 | Down 7 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 17 | #1,770 | Up 119 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 16 | #1,889 | Down 96 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 18 | #1,793 | Down 313 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 25 | #1,480 | Up 818 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 13 | #2,298 | Down 945 places |
| 1927 | Girls | 5 | #4,805 | Up 204 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 29 | #1,353 | Up 181 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 24 | #1,534 | Down 205 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 31 | #1,329 | Up 131 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 26 | #1,460 | Down 64 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 28 | #1,396 | Down 100 places |
| 1922 | Girls | 5 | #5,009 | Down 735 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 32 | #1,296 | Down 116 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 37 | #1,180 | Up 206 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 27 | #1,386 | Down 73 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 29 | #1,313 | Up 83 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 25 | #1,396 | Up 250 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 19 | #1,646 | Up 14 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 18 | #1,660 | Down 272 places |
| 1915 | Girls | 5 | #4,274 | Down 1,086 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 19 | #1,388 | Down 183 places |
| 1914 | Girls | 6 | #3,188 | — |
| 1913 | Boys | 18 | #1,205 | Up 148 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 13 | #1,353 | Down 160 places |
| 1910 | Boys | 8 | #1,193 | — |