Merelin — girls' name
72 babies named Merelin in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
72 girls have been named Merelin since 1999, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2012.
- 72
- total births
- 1999–2012
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 74%
- born in that decade
74% of everyone ever named Merelin was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Merelin in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Merelin
The Social Security Administration has registered 72 babies named Merelin between 1999 and 2012, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merelin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Merelin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Merelin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Merelin 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 72 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.
Merelin at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Merelin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1999
- Peak year (2007)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
72 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 13 births in a single year.
Merelin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 53 births that decade — 74% of Merelin's all-time total
Merelin decade highlights
- Peak decade 53 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Merelin's strongest decade
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 74% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.