Merly — #11380 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Merly

The Social Security Administration has registered 242 babies named Merly between 1986 and 2024, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merly currently holds the #11380 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Merly performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Merly shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Merly in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Merly 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 242 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.