Mearl
Mearl was last recorded in 1977, when 6 babies were given it; 1,638 Americans have been recorded with it between 1893 and 1977 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mearl by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Mearl?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #5,592, in 1977; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
56 babies in 1915, the peak
Mearl peaked in 1915, when 56 babies were given it (34 boys, #1,113 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | under 5 | 6 | #5,592 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 7 | #4,625 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 6 | #4,556 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 7 | #3,811 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 8 | #3,153 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 7 | #3,447 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 7 | #3,496 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 13 | #2,374 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 12 | #2,462 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 8 | #3,273 |
Every recorded year (72)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | under 5 | 8 | #3,245 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 10 | #2,763 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 14 | #2,230 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 7 | #3,452 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 14 | #2,227 | |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,414 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1954 | under 5 | 14 | #2,178 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 11 | #2,486 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 17 | #1,913 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 17 | #1,884 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 14 | #2,084 | |
| 1949 | 6 | #5,056 | 13 | #2,188 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,782 | 26 | #1,448 |
| 1947 | under 5 | 18 | #1,828 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 17 | #1,794 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 16 | #1,739 | |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,294 | 18 | #1,662 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,709 | 18 | #1,746 |
| 1942 | under 5 | 18 | #1,715 | |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,841 | 23 | #1,433 |
| 1940 | 6 | #4,188 | 20 | #1,553 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,707 | 22 | #1,445 |
| 1938 | 9 | #3,105 | 19 | #1,597 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,342 | 17 | #1,727 |
| 1936 | 9 | #3,020 | 16 | #1,770 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,864 | 22 | #1,476 |
| 1934 | under 5 | 14 | #1,990 | |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,638 | 28 | #1,270 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,322 | 24 | #1,452 |
| 1931 | 17 | #2,002 | 23 | #1,478 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,992 | 30 | #1,321 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,403 | 25 | #1,469 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,720 | 23 | #1,593 |
| 1927 | 17 | #2,223 | 32 | #1,317 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,197 | 34 | #1,260 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,569 | 28 | #1,411 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,384 | 24 | #1,611 |
| 1923 | 19 | #2,069 | 25 | #1,532 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,356 | 31 | #1,323 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,635 | 36 | #1,217 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,836 | 38 | #1,172 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,145 | 30 | #1,308 |
| 1918 | 16 | #2,259 | 37 | #1,144 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,812 | 30 | #1,253 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,928 | 23 | #1,493 |
| 1915 | 22 | #1,600 | 34 | #1,113 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,376 | 21 | #1,330 |
| 1913 | under 5 | 21 | #1,138 | |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,287 | 11 | #1,589 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,900 | 5 | #1,916 |
| 1910 | under 5 | 10 | #1,092 | |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,702 | 17 | #668 |
| 1908 | 6 | #2,021 | 7 | #1,178 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,259 | 8 | #1,065 |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,131 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,793 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1903 | under 5 | 7 | #982 | |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,955 | 5 | #1,250 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,604 | 7 | #912 |
| 1900 | 5 | #2,118 | 9 | #946 |
| 1894 | under 5 | 7 | #922 | |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,578 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Mearl a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,638 Americans recorded as Mearl, 26% are girls and 74% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Mearl: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mearl, and how old are they?
An estimated 311 Americans named Mearl and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (19% of everyone recorded); the median is 76 years old and half are between 67 and 83. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 435 people named Mearl (106 women and girls, 329 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 436 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 6,141 babies since 1880, Mearl is the second most given (27% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Mearl
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Mearl and names like it
- Compare Mearl and MerlBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sMearl peaked in 1915.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mearl since 1910.
- The top names of 1915The year the most babies were named Mearl.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Mearl alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.