Merville — boys' name
119 babies named Merville in U.S. Social Security records since 1899, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Merville was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Merville in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Merville
The Social Security Administration has registered 119 babies named Merville between 1899 and 1952, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Merville currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1952. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Merville performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Merville shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Merville 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 119 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.
Merville at a glance
Last recorded 1952Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Merville popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–1899
- Peak year (1918)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1952.
119 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 12 births in a single year.
Merville by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 54 births that decade — 45% of Merville's all-time total
Merville decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Merville's strongest decade
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1899–1952 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.