Merlynn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Merlynn

The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Merlynn between 1939 and 1958, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merlynn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1958. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Merlynn performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Merlynn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Merlynn 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 56 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.