How Many People Are Named Merrilee?
people named Merrilee are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 242,917 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,871 babies named Merrilee in Social Security records from 1923 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
78 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Merrilee in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Merrilee alive today is about 65 years old, and 70% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 57 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Merrilee first appears in the records in 1923 and was given most often in 1942, to 78 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1923 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Merrilee has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #883, in 1942.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #883 (1942) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,339 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Merrilee alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Merrilee were born in California than in any other state: about 143 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Merrilee was given 10.3 times as often in Washington, 4.7 times in California and 2.1 times in Illinois.
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