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NAMES LIKE MERLE
Same rise and fall as Merle, around the same years.
WHERE MERLE IS POPULAR · 2024
Fewer than 5 babies were named Merle in any single state in 2024, so no state lists it.
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MARKET MOVERS · 10 YEARS
Merle name popularity
Merle has been given to 45,389 babies in the United States since 1880.
It peaked in 1921, when 1,275 babies got the name, and its best rank was #309 in 1921.
In 2025, 38 babies were named Merle (#6,717 in the country), 97% below the peak. That is up 81% from 2015.
About 32% of babies named Merle were girls and 68% were boys.
An estimated 13K people named Merle are alive in the US today, with a median age of 75.
HOW IT WORKS
The chart is the number of US babies given the name each year, from the Social Security Administration’s public baby-name files (names given to 5+ babies in a year). The “all-time high” is the name’s biggest year. “Holders” and “median holder age” are rough estimates that apply average US survival rates to each birth year, so they ignore immigration and name changes.
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