Merilee — girls' name

What the Data Says About Merilee

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,150 babies named Merilee between 1929 and 2014, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merilee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 54 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Merilee performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 340 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Merilee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 107 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Merilee in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Merilee 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 1,150 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.