Merion — boys' name

What the Data Says About Merion

The Social Security Administration has registered 157 babies named Merion between 1915 and 1958, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Merion currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1958. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Merion is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 119 additional births since 1916.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Merion performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Merion shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Merion 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 157 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.