Merline — girls' name

What the Data Says About Merline

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,079 babies named Merline between 1910 and 2007, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merline currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Merline performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 273 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Merline shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 119 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Merline in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Merline 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 1,079 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.