How Many People Are Named Merrilyn?
people named Merrilyn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 865,278 people in the US has this name
Based on 751 babies named Merrilyn in Social Security records from 1923 to 1973, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
40 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of MARILYN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Merrilyn in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Merrilyn alive today is about 75 years old, and 91% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 69 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Merrilyn first appears in the records in 1923 and was given most often in 1944, to 40 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1973.
Babies given the name each year, 1923 to 1973
🏆 Rank History
Merrilyn has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,265, in 1944.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,265 (1944) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,624 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Merrilyn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Merrilyn were born in California than in any other state: about 8 of those alive today.
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