Meaning not yet researched.
Merrill: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 14 in 2025. Its best rank was #321 in 1916.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #321 in 1916; #6,333 in 2025. About 64% of babies named Merrill in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#6,333 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1916, at #321.
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Merrill: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 14 boys in 2025. Peak: #321 in 1916 · most boys in one year: 305 (1926).
In 2025, 14 US boys were named Merrill, making it the 6,333rd most common boys’ name of the year, up 5,541 places from #11,874 in 2024. That is 8 more than the 6 boys named Merrill in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #321, reached in 1916. The most boys given the name in a single year was 305, in 1926. For comparison, it was #6,946 in 2015 and #526 in 1950.
In 2025, 8 US girls were named Merrill, making it the 11,580th most common girls’ name of the year, up 1,437 places from #13,017 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 7 girls named Merrill in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1,240, reached in 1942. The most girls given the name in a single year was 52, in 1950. For comparison, it was #9,327 in 2015 and #1,280 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Merrill in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 13 babies with the name. In all, 15,065 US babies have been given the name, 14% of them girls and 86% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 2,959 babies named Merrill.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 82 US boys were named Merrill; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 14. In 2025 that was about 1 in 122,005 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Merrell, Merril and Meriel are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Merrell (1,319), Merril (992), Meriel (376), Merrel (269), Merryl (250), Meril (150), Merriel (104), Merial (92), Merrial (6), Meryll (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Merrill in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,580 | 14 | #6,333 |
| 2024 | 7 | #13,017 | 6 | #11,874 |
| 2023 | — | — | 7 | #10,417 |
| 2022 | 7 | #13,132 | 8 | #9,558 |
| 2021 | 10 | #10,071 | 6 | #11,677 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,834 | 6 | #11,525 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,938 | 10 | #8,009 |
| 2018 | 6 | #15,042 | 8 | #9,365 |
| 2017 | 7 | #13,642 | 6 | #11,710 |
| 2016 | 14 | #8,267 | 11 | #7,452 |
| 2015 | 12 | #9,327 | 12 | #6,946 |
| 2014 | 7 | #14,087 | 7 | #10,361 |
| 2013 | 8 | #12,779 | 6 | #11,693 |
| 2012 | 11 | #10,196 | 8 | #9,422 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,851 | 11 | #7,333 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,977 | 12 | #6,953 |
| 2009 | 10 | #11,228 | 6 | #11,965 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,892 | 11 | #7,546 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,974 | 9 | #8,676 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,566 | 8 | #9,287 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,997 | 13 | #6,104 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,685 | 11 | #6,828 |
| 2003 | 9 | #11,011 | 10 | #7,069 |
| 2002 | 10 | #10,003 | — | — |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,722 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,652 | 9 | #7,210 |
| 1999 | 17 | #6,107 | 19 | #3,931 |
| 1998 | 10 | #9,049 | 9 | #6,661 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,459 | 15 | #4,394 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,607 | 14 | #4,538 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,603 | 18 | #3,651 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,894 | 16 | #4,032 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,907 | 22 | #3,111 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,196 | 19 | #3,417 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,850 | 36 | #2,080 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,809 | 24 | #2,750 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,204 | 21 | #2,962 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,954 | 17 | #3,164 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,498 | 32 | #1,965 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,839 | 23 | #2,402 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,385 | 27 | #2,106 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,422 | 32 | #1,787 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,338 | 41 | #1,505 |
| 1982 | 14 | #5,109 | 32 | #1,803 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,814 | 43 | #1,471 |
| 1980 | 24 | #3,467 | 50 | #1,336 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,735 | 50 | #1,311 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,425 | 51 | #1,268 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,753 | 47 | #1,331 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,872 | 52 | #1,203 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,820 | 42 | #1,354 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,914 | 45 | #1,262 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,281 | 39 | #1,341 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,661 | 41 | #1,321 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,886 | 52 | #1,142 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,387 | 49 | #1,190 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,979 | 57 | #1,023 |
| 1968 | 32 | #2,150 | 64 | #906 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,984 | 62 | #922 |
| 1966 | 29 | #2,230 | 55 | #989 |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,893 | 69 | #889 |
| 1964 | 23 | #2,642 | 72 | #898 |
| 1963 | 27 | #2,341 | 94 | #788 |
| 1962 | 22 | #2,643 | 88 | #814 |
| 1961 | 36 | #1,942 | 102 | #766 |
| 1960 | 32 | #2,042 | 111 | #732 |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,093 | 102 | #755 |
| 1958 | 37 | #1,810 | 114 | #701 |
| 1957 | 28 | #2,100 | 149 | #630 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,957 | 153 | #614 |
| 1955 | 46 | #1,507 | 148 | #612 |
| 1954 | 50 | #1,432 | 155 | #594 |
| 1953 | 51 | #1,368 | 149 | #591 |
| 1952 | 49 | #1,395 | 163 | #546 |
| 1951 | 45 | #1,406 | 149 | #563 |
| 1950 | 52 | #1,280 | 164 | #526 |
| 1949 | 52 | #1,274 | 151 | #542 |
| 1948 | 38 | #1,512 | 163 | #519 |
| 1947 | 44 | #1,408 | 194 | #481 |
| 1946 | 39 | #1,408 | 191 | #461 |
| 1945 | 33 | #1,410 | 171 | #454 |
| 1944 | 14 | #2,478 | 174 | #462 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,742 | 242 | #392 |
| 1942 | 42 | #1,240 | 230 | #399 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,859 | 210 | #401 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,877 | 215 | #388 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,530 | 235 | #372 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,788 | 215 | #384 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,768 | 221 | #366 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,117 | 233 | #353 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,642 | 188 | #398 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,525 | 239 | #356 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,243 | 207 | #377 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,325 | 243 | #355 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,528 | 257 | #341 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,558 | 260 | #352 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,157 | 269 | #342 |
| 1928 | 17 | #2,160 | 278 | #342 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,480 | 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 | #354 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,842 | 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 | — | — | 57 | #369 |
| 1910 | — | — | 39 | #443 |
| 1909 | 6 | #2,153 | 42 | #368 |
| 1908 | — | — | 34 | #411 |
| 1907 | — | — | 33 | #393 |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,133 | 33 | #372 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,138 | 35 | #352 |
| 1904 | — | — | 34 | #346 |
| 1903 | — | — | 31 | #349 |
| 1902 | — | — | 26 | #402 |
| 1901 | — | — | 26 | #368 |
| 1900 | — | — | 23 | #485 |
| 1899 | — | — | 27 | #350 |
| 1898 | — | — | 27 | #383 |
| 1897 | — | — | 21 | #420 |
| 1896 | — | — | 23 | #414 |
| 1895 | — | — | 25 | #387 |
| 1894 | — | — | 16 | #512 |
| 1893 | — | — | 26 | #355 |
| 1892 | — | — | 11 | #669 |
| 1891 | — | — | 11 | #579 |
| 1890 | — | — | 14 | #525 |
| 1889 | — | — | 9 | #706 |
| 1888 | — | — | 14 | #543 |
| 1887 | — | — | 12 | #534 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #1,059 |
| 1885 | — | — | 10 | #626 |
| 1884 | — | — | 11 | #593 |
| 1883 | — | — | 20 | #391 |
| 1882 | — | — | 10 | #630 |
| 1881 | — | — | 7 | #755 |
| 1880 | — | — | 13 | #515 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).