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NAMES LIKE MERLYN
Same rise and fall as Merlyn, around the same years.
WHERE MERLYN IS POPULAR · 2024
Fewer than 5 babies were named Merlyn in any single state in 2024, so no state lists it.
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MARKET MOVERS · 10 YEARS
Merlyn name popularity
Merlyn has been given to 5,045 babies in the United States since 1908.
It peaked in 1930, when 159 babies got the name, and its best rank was #961 in 1931.
In 2025, 13 babies were named Merlyn (#13,540 in the country), 92% below the peak. That is up 8% from 2015.
About 32% of babies named Merlyn were girls and 68% were boys.
An estimated 2K people named Merlyn are alive in the US today, with a median age of 72.
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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