Baby name

Merilyn

Girl

Classic name

The high point came in 1946, with 75 births and the No. 960 spot that year. Few fads, plenty of staying power: it appears in 92 years out of 146. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.

2,317births since 1880

1940sgeneration

No. 960rank at its peak, in 1946

Where babies named Merilyn are born

1946

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The darker the blue, the more common Merilyn is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

One letter apart

Marilyn 373,791
Jerilyn 5,251
Merlyn 1,635

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