Girls' name · since 1922
Merilynn
80 babies named Merilynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 80
- total births
- 1922–1959
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
Merilynn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 80 recorded since 1922.
Social Security Administration records show Merilynn recorded 80 times among girls since 1922, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1940s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 1959.
- 80 total births
- 1922–1959 years on record
- 1940s peak decade
- 48% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Merilynn's 80 recorded births place it above 59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Merilynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Merilynn's SSA record in two at 1949 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1942, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1958 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Merilynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1959
- Peak year (1958)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Merilynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1940s was Merilynn's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Merilynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1940s
1940s
38 births
- 1950s
1950s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 38 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Merilynn's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (38 total births) through the 1950s (36) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1922–1959 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Merilynn: Baby Name Since 1922 - 80 Births, Peak 1958." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/merilynn. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Merilynn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.