Merilyn — #13531 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Merilyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,317 babies named Merilyn between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merilyn currently holds the #13531 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 75 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Merilyn performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 585 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Merilyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 158 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Merilyn in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Merilyn 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 2,317 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.