Merrilyn Popularity by Year
Follow Merrilyn across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Merrilyn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Girls | 6 | #7,435 | Up 857 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 5 | #8,292 | Down 2,749 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 9 | #5,543 | Up 819 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 7 | #6,362 | Up 1,109 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 5 | #7,471 | Down 667 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 5 | #6,804 | Down 1,796 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 8 | #5,008 | Down 1,207 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 12 | #3,801 | Up 210 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 11 | #4,011 | Up 1,840 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 6 | #5,851 | Down 1,667 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 10 | #4,184 | Down 695 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 12 | #3,489 | Down 867 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 19 | #2,622 | Up 473 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 14 | #3,095 | Up 623 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 10 | #3,718 | Down 906 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 15 | #2,812 | Down 686 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 23 | #2,126 | Up 119 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 20 | #2,245 | Down 334 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 25 | #1,911 | Down 214 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 31 | #1,697 | Up 11 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 30 | #1,708 | Up 155 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 27 | #1,863 | Down 185 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 28 | #1,678 | Down 18 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 25 | #1,660 | Down 405 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 40 | #1,255 | Up 72 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 38 | #1,327 | Down 27 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 38 | #1,300 | Up 396 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 22 | #1,696 | Up 728 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 12 | #2,424 | Down 386 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 16 | #2,038 | Down 233 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 19 | #1,805 | Up 512 places |
| 1937 | Girls | 13 | #2,317 | Down 164 places |
| 1936 | Girls | 14 | #2,153 | Down 433 places |
| 1935 | Girls | 20 | #1,720 | Up 847 places |
| 1934 | Girls | 11 | #2,567 | Down 661 places |
| 1933 | Girls | 17 | #1,906 | Up 131 places |
| 1932 | Girls | 16 | #2,037 | Up 935 places |
| 1931 | Girls | 9 | #2,972 | Down 282 places |
| 1930 | Girls | 11 | #2,690 | Up 47 places |
| 1929 | Girls | 11 | #2,737 | Down 543 places |
| 1928 | Girls | 16 | #2,194 | Down 25 places |
| 1927 | Girls | 17 | #2,169 | Up 877 places |
| 1926 | Girls | 10 | #3,046 | Down 268 places |
| 1925 | Girls | 12 | #2,778 | Up 31 places |
| 1924 | Girls | 12 | #2,809 | Down 344 places |
| 1923 | Girls | 14 | #2,465 | — |