Merrell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Merrell

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,164 babies named Merrell between 1911 and 2015, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Merrell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 27 babies received it in a single year. Merrell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 155 additional births since 1917.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Merrell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 220 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Merrell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Merrell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Merrell 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 1,164 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.