Merlina — #13912 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Merlina

The Social Security Administration has registered 170 babies named Merlina between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merlina currently holds the #13912 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Merlina performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Merlina shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 29 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Merlina in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Merlina 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 170 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.