Boys' name · since 1917
Merlon
Merlon has 176 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1922 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,750 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 176
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Merlon sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 176 recorded since 1917.
Merlon has 176 recorded births among boys since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1973.
- #13,750 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 176 born since 1917
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Merlon ranks #13,750 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 176 born since 1917, peaking in the 1920s.
- #13,750 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 176
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Merlon's 176 recorded births place it above 69.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Merlon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Merlon's SSA record in two at 1936 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1917, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1922 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Merlon popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1973
- Peak year (1922)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Merlon popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1930 (Merlon as girls' name)
Merlon by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (61 births, 35% of the file).
1920s was Merlon's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Merlon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
61 births
- 1930s
1930s
45 births
- 1940s
1940s
25 births
- 1950s 18
1950s
18 births
- 1960s 17
1960s
17 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 61 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Merlon's decade-level peak was the 1920s (61 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Merlon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~56 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1917–1973 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Merlon draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.