Merley — unisex name

What the Data Says About Merley

The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Merley between 1921 and 1934, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merley currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1934. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 5 babies received it in a single year. Merley is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1916.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Merley performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Merley shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Merley 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 10 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.