Merriel — unisex name

What the Data Says About Merriel

The Social Security Administration has registered 91 babies named Merriel between 1912 and 1947, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merriel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1947. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Merriel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 13 additional births since 1925.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Merriel performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Merriel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Merriel 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 91 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.