Merlinda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Merlinda

The Social Security Administration has registered 530 babies named Merlinda between 1931 and 2009, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merlinda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Merlinda performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 150 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Merlinda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Mexico, which accounts for 83 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Merlinda in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Merlinda 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 530 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.