How Many People Are Named Merwin?
people named Merwin are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,098,986 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,630 babies named Merwin in Social Security records from 1892 to 2008, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
69 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Merwin (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Merwin alive today is about 71 years old, and 79% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 63 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Merwin first appears in the records in 1892 and was given most often in 1928, to 69 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2008.
Babies given the name each year, 1892 to 2008
🏆 Rank History
Merwin has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #823, in 1928.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #823 (1928) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #949 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Merwin alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Merwin were born in New York than in any other state: about 5 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Merwin was given about 5.8 times as often in New York.
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