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Baby name
Merlin
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6% girls / 94% boys
Origin of the name
Merlin comes from the Latin Merlinus, from the Old Welsh Myrddin. It is the name of the famous wizard of the Arthurian legends.
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Classic name
15,049births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 287rank at its peak, in 1927
Where babies named Merlin are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Merlin is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Merlin is most common in Iowa (9.6 times), Nebraska (7.2) and Wisconsin (7.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Classic name
919births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 4303rank at its peak, in 2003
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0% | 100% |
| 1890s | 0% | 100% |
| 1900s | 4% | 96% |
| 1910s | 3% | 97% |
| 1920s | 3% | 97% |
| 1930s | 3% | 97% |
| 1940s | 3% | 97% |
| 1950s | 2% | 98% |
| 1960s | 2% | 98% |
| 1970s | 2% | 98% |
| 1980s | 7% | 93% |
| 1990s | 23% | 77% |
| 2000s | 30% | 70% |
| 2010s | 23% | 77% |
| 2020s | 18% | 82% |