Merli — girls' name

What the Data Says About Merli

The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Merli between 1987 and 2006, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merli currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Merli performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Merli shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Merli 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 19 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.