Merlene

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Merlene first appears in the U.S. data in 1913 and has been recorded in 66 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1940 with 93 babies (rank #723 that year). It was not in the 2024 data.
2,379
Total babies (all years)
66
Years in the data
93
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19135#3,532
19147#3,078
19157#3,676
191612#2,607
19177#3,977
191815#2,344
191923#1,727
192015#2,434
192119#2,093
192218#2,162
192324#1,761
192437#1,345
192525#1,732
192630#1,503
192729#1,545
192854#1,023
192956#966
193042#1,156
193166#853
193262#897
193369#804
193468#825
193579#763
193674#790
193781#760
193883#770
193963#886
194093#723
194157#973
194270#941
194362#1,012
194466#959
194557#1,027
194675#967
194749#1,307
194856#1,217
194947#1,349
195049#1,313
195148#1,352
195244#1,466
195348#1,420
195441#1,597
195549#1,456
195637#1,753
195736#1,830
195840#1,719
195940#1,751
196030#2,133
196125#2,448
196222#2,642
196319#2,930
196415#3,466
196519#2,892
196619#2,908
196714#3,595
19685#7,779
196913#4,098
197012#4,673
19717#7,091
19727#7,017
19738#6,452
19746#8,338
19777#8,089
19786#9,293
19826#10,004
19845#11,533