How Many People Are Named Merly?
people named Merly are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,430,062 people in the US has this name
Based on 242 babies named Merly in Social Security records from 1986 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
14 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Merly in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Merly alive today is about 18 years old, and 85% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 25 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Merly first appears in the records in 1986 and was given most often in 2012, to 14 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1986 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Merly has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #8,491, in 2012.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #8,491 (2012) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #11,545 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Merly alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Merly were born in California than in any other state: about 11 of those alive today.
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