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Merlyn

Rank in 2024
#16,081
Born in 2024
5
Peak year
1925 · #1215
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 5 girls were named Merlyn, about 1 in every 322,638.
  • It peaked in 1925 with 41 babies, ranked #1215.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1912.
  • 1,626 girls have been named Merlyn since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Merlyn per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
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    Boomers
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    Gen X
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    Millennials
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    Gen Z
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    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 321 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 509 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 263 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 58 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 130 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 235 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 110 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Wiktionary has no English entry for Merlyn yet, so we don’t show a meaning rather than guess one.

From Wiktionary’s entry for Merlyn, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyCooling

    Marilyn

    Rank
    #666
    Born '24
    432
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19472024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Marlen

    Rank
    #3,523
    Born '24
    44
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20072024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Marlyn

    Rank
    #6,219
    Born '24
    19
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19362024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Marlin

    Rank
    #9,794
    Born '24
    10
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19912024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Merilyn

    Rank
    #14,043
    Born '24
    6
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19462024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Marylyn

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19362024