Merlyn
Merlyn was the 12740th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1936, when it ranked 1160th; the most babies were born in 1925 (41). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,415 places. More babies were named Merlyn in the 1930s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #12,740 girls, down 3,968 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 7girls
- Girls and boys
- 70% girls, 30% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 192541 babies
- Total since 1880
- 5,045babies recorded
Merlyn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,740 | #11,534 | 7 | 6 |
| 2020 | #8,772 | #13,396 | 12 | 5 |
| 2010 | #8,170 | — | 15 | — |
| 2000 | #7,881 | #6,672 | 13 | 10 |
| 1990 | #10,967 | #9,040 | 7 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | #3,547 | — | 12 |
| 1970 | #7,653 | #3,726 | 6 | 8 |
| 1960 | #4,086 | #2,094 | 11 | 16 |
| 1950 | #2,740 | #1,099 | 15 | 42 |
| 1940 | #1,574 | #634 | 25 | 89 |
| 1930 | #1,737 | #510 | 22 | 137 |
| 1920 | #2,435 | #832 | 15 | 66 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Merlyn, counting every spelling?
Merlyn has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Merlyn?
7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Merlyn (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Merlyn born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Merlyn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Merlyn?
About 900 people born in the US named Merlyn are alive today, with a median age of 38; half are between 20 and 75. That makes Merlyn mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Merlyn
How popular is the name Merlyn?
Merlyn was the 12740th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1936, when it ranked 1160th; the most babies were born in 1925 (41). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,415 places. More babies were named Merlyn in the 1930s than in any other decade.
Is Merlyn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 70% girls, 30% boys given the name Merlyn in the US.