Mearle — boys' name

What the Data Says About Mearle

The Social Security Administration has registered 82 babies named Mearle between 1915 and 1948, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mearle currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1948. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Mearle is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 26 additional births since 1915.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mearle performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mearle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mearle in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 82 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.