Merrilyn
Merrilyn reached its high-water mark in 1944 at number 1,255, and has been recorded 751 times in all. It has not appeared in the national data since 1973. About 400 Merrilyns are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 76.
Popularity, 1880–2025
girls named Merrilyn
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 751
- Estimated living today
- 400
- Median age today
- 76
- Peak year
- 1944
- Best rank
- 1,255th
- Rank in 2025
- unranked
- First recorded
- 1923
How old the living Merrilyns are
born that year still alive today
Of the 751 babies given the name since 1923, about 400 are alive — 53 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1949 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Notable Merrilyns
- Merrilyn Gann (born 1963)Canadian actress
People named Merrilyn with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Where Merrilyn is most common
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 1944
The most popular girls’ names the year Merrilyn peaked:
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Merrilyn against another name
Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.