How Many People Are Named Merlinda?
people named Merlinda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 771,523 people in the US has this name
Based on 530 babies named Merlinda in Social Security records from 1931 to 2009, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
22 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Merlinda in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Merlinda alive today is about 58 years old, and 49% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 50 and 68 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Merlinda first appears in the records in 1931 and was given most often in 1964, to 22 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2009.
Babies given the name each year, 1931 to 2009
🏆 Rank History
Merlinda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,632, in 1958.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,632 (1958) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,384 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Merlinda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Merlinda were born in New Mexico than in any other state: about 65 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Merlinda was given about 156.2 times as often in New Mexico.
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