Merrill Name Popularity

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How popular is Merrill?

In 2018 the rare name Merrill, ranked the 9,318th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Merrill is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #321 in 1916.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1926 with 305 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Merrill in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 2002.

Merrill, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1889-1893, 1900-1903, 1906-1915, and 2002-2005, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1955-1959, 1960-1966, and 1967-1970.

Sometimes the name Merrill has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Merrill's popularity has remained mostly unchanged for some time. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Merrill has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Merrill?

Merrill's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Merrill is mostly unused but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Merrill has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Merrill (Girl)		Merrill (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		6	14,958	8	9,318
2017		7	13,588	6	11,689
2016		14	8,244	11	7,431
2015		12	9,308	11	7,373
2014		7	14,060	7	10,341
2013		8	12,767	6	11,677
2012		11	10,180	8	9,415
2011		9	11,842	11	7,324
2010		10	10,960	12	6,948
2009		10	11,219	6	11,957
2008		12	9,884	11	7,545
2007		12	9,967	9	8,671
2006		14	8,562	8	9,278
2005		7	13,992	13	6,100
2004		11	9,680	11	6,823
2003		9	11,006	10	7,064
2002		10	9,994	< 5	--
2001		9	10,719	7	8,915
2000		10	9,649	9	7,207
1999		17	6,104	19	3,929
1998		10	9,046	9	6,659
1997		8	10,460	15	4,393
1996		10	8,606	14	4,537
1995		17	5,603	18	3,651
1994		16	5,892	16	4,030
1993		13	6,904	22	3,111
1992		19	5,195	19	3,416
1991		16	5,846	36	2,080
1990		20	4,808	24	2,748
1989		17	5,202	21	2,961
1988		11	6,954	17	3,163
1987		14	5,496	32	1,965
1986		22	3,838	23	2,400
1985		18	4,383	27	2,107
1984		13	5,420	32	1,787
1983		13	5,334	41	1,505
1982		14	5,111	32	1,801
1981		21	3,810	43	1,471
1980		24	3,466	50	1,335
1979		6	9,730	50	1,309
1978		12	5,422	51	1,268
1977		11	5,752	47	1,330
1976		10	5,869	52	1,202
1975		10	5,818	42	1,352
1974		12	4,912	45	1,261
1973		14	4,282	40	1,324
1972		17	3,661	40	1,340
1971		16	3,882	52	1,142
1970		19	3,386	49	1,188
1969		21	2,979	57	1,022
1968		32	2,150	64	906
1967		12	3,983	62	921
1966		29	2,229	55	988
1965		19	2,892	69	888
1964		23	2,641	71	904
1963		27	2,341	95	783
1962		22	2,642	88	812
1961		35	1,980	102	766
1960		33	2,001	111	732
1959		30	2,096	102	756
1958		37	1,811	114	701
1957		28	2,100	149	629
1956		31	1,956	151	620
1955		46	1,509	149	608
1954		50	1,434	155	594
1953		51	1,368	149	591
1952		49	1,394	164	545
1951		45	1,406	148	563
1950		52	1,280	164	528
1949		52	1,274	151	542
1948		38	1,511	163	519
1947		44	1,408	194	482
1946		39	1,407	191	461
1945		33	1,410	171	454
1944		14	2,477	174	460
1943		25	1,742	242	392
1942		42	1,239	230	399
1941		20	1,859	210	401
1940		19	1,877	215	388
1939		12	2,528	235	372
1938		20	1,788	215	384
1937		20	1,768	221	366
1936		15	2,117	233	354
1935		22	1,640	188	398
1934		12	2,526	239	355
1933		14	2,242	207	378
1932		14	2,325	243	355
1931		12	2,528	256	342
1930		8	3,558	259	352
1929		16	2,156	269	342
1928		17	2,158	278	342
1927		9	3,482	284	343
1926		16	2,321	305	331
1925		18	2,166	292	340
1924		13	2,768	266	369
1923		14	2,554	278	353
1922		6	4,843	276	357
1921		13	2,733	283	359
1920		17	2,233	289	345
1919		8	3,697	279	339
1918		17	2,171	296	333
1917		14	2,395	257	347
1916		16	2,096	270	321
1915		11	2,648	261	326
1914		10	2,379	166	367
1913		6	3,073	136	358
1912		12	1,691	119	347
1911		< 5	--	57	369
1910		< 5	--	39	443
1909		6	2,153	42	368
1908		< 5	--	34	411
1907		< 5	--	33	393
1906		5	2,133	33	372
1905		5	2,138	35	352
1904		< 5	--	34	346
1903		< 5	--	31	349
1902		< 5	--	26	402
1901		< 5	--	26	368
1900		< 5	--	23	485
1899		< 5	--	27	350
1898		< 5	--	27	383
1897		< 5	--	21	420
1896		< 5	--	23	414
1895		< 5	--	25	387
1894		< 5	--	16	512
1893		< 5	--	26	355
1892		< 5	--	11	669
1891		< 5	--	11	579
1890		< 5	--	14	525
1889		< 5	--	9	706
1888		< 5	--	14	543
1887		< 5	--	12	534
1886		< 5	--	5	1,059
1885		< 5	--	10	626
1884		< 5	--	11	593
1883		< 5	--	20	391
1882		< 5	--	10	630
1881		< 5	--	7	756
1880		< 5	--	13	515

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.