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Baby name
Meryl
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92% girls / 8% boys
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Classic name
5,167births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 791rank at its peak, in 1956
Where babies named Meryl are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Meryl is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Meryl is most common in New York (8.4 times) and New Jersey (3.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Names from the same era
Rare name
432births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 1903rank at its peak, in 1921
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 100% | 0% |
| 1900s | 100% | 0% |
| 1910s | 75% | 25% |
| 1920s | 71% | 29% |
| 1930s | 75% | 25% |
| 1940s | 88% | 12% |
| 1950s | 97% | 3% |
| 1960s | 98% | 2% |
| 1970s | 100% | 0% |
| 1980s | 100% | 0% |
| 1990s | 100% | 0% |
| 2000s | 100% | 0% |
| 2010s | 100% | 0% |
| 2020s | 100% | 0% |