Girls' name · since 1930
Merrillyn
Merrillyn has 77 recorded births since 1930 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1938 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 77
- total births
- 1930–1949
- years on record
- 1930s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
Merrillyn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 77 have been recorded since 1930.
Social Security Administration records show Merrillyn recorded 77 times among girls since 1930, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1930s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1930 to 1949.
- 77 total births
- 1930–1949 years on record
- 1930s peak decade
- 51% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Merrillyn's 77 recorded births place it above 58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Merrillyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Merrillyn splits its recorded history at 1941: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1930 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1938 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Merrillyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1930–1949
- Peak year (1938)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Merrillyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1930s was Merrillyn's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Merrillyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
39 births
- 1940s
1940s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 39 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Merrillyn's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (39 total births) through the 1940s (38) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1930–1949 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Merrillyn: Baby Name Since 1930 - 77 Births, Peak 1938." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/merrillyn. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Merrillyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.