Merrilee — girls' name

What the Data Says About Merrilee

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,866 babies named Merrilee between 1923 and 2023, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merrilee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 78 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Merrilee performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 578 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Merrilee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 195 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Washington and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Merrilee in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Merrilee 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 1,866 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.