How Many People Are Named Merline?
people named Merline are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 780,330 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,079 babies named Merline in Social Security records from 1910 to 2007, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
37 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Merline in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Merline alive today is about 66 years old, and 72% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 51 and 83 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Merline first appears in the records in 1910 and was given most often in 1924, to 37 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2007.
Babies given the name each year, 1910 to 2007
🏆 Rank History
Merline has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,214, in 1931.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,214 (1931) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,444 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Merline alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Merline were born in Louisiana than in any other state: about 48 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Merline was given 21.5 times as often in Louisiana and 5.1 times in Texas.
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