Merrill
Merrill was the 6333rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 1916, when it ranked 321st; the most babies were born in 1926 (305). Over the last ten years it has moved up 613 places. More babies were named Merrill in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,333 boys, up 5,192 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 14boys
- Girls and boys
- 44% girls, 56% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1926305 babies
- Total since 1880
- 15,065babies recorded
Merrill popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,580 | #6,333 | 8 | 14 |
| 2020 | #10,834 | #11,525 | 9 | 6 |
| 2010 | #10,977 | #6,953 | 10 | 12 |
| 2000 | #9,652 | #7,210 | 10 | 9 |
| 1990 | #4,809 | #2,750 | 20 | 24 |
| 1980 | #3,467 | #1,336 | 24 | 50 |
| 1970 | #3,387 | #1,190 | 19 | 49 |
| 1960 | #2,042 | #732 | 32 | 111 |
| 1950 | #1,280 | #526 | 52 | 164 |
| 1940 | #1,877 | #388 | 19 | 215 |
| 1930 | #3,558 | #352 | 8 | 260 |
| 1920 | #2,233 | #345 | 17 | 289 |
| 1910 | — | #443 | — | 39 |
| 1900 | — | #485 | — | 23 |
| 1890 | — | #525 | — | 14 |
| 1880 | — | #515 | — | 13 |
How popular is Merrill, counting every spelling?
Merrill has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Merrill?
14 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Merrill (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Merrill 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 596 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Merrill.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Merrill?
About 3,800 people born in the US named Merrill are alive today, with a median age of 68; half are between 52 and 78. That makes Merrill a name most people associate with older generations.
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 Merrill
How popular is the name Merrill?
Merrill was the 6333rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 1916, when it ranked 321st; the most babies were born in 1926 (305). Over the last ten years it has moved up 613 places. More babies were named Merrill in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Merrill a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 44% girls, 56% boys given the name Merrill in the US.