Merle

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Merle first appears in the data in 1954 and has been recorded in 52 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2006 with 159 babies (rank #96 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Merle

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Merle yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

2,290
Total babies (all years)
52
Years in the data
159
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19542#1,022
19552#1,046
19561#1,242
19571#1,252
19581#1,274
19661#1,436
19671#1,453
19681#1,465
19694#1,073
19704#1,038
19727#848
19737#820
19755#940
19768#769
19774#1,021
19786#867
19796#909
198010#713
19816#905
198212#652
19837#871
19849#761
198514#634
198614#640
198720#535
198822#502
198920#532
199037#375
199133#409
199248#310
199349#310
199452#297
199569#221
199671#212
199772#213
199882#192
199990#179
200081#193
200179#202
2002104#154
200395#167
2004101#157
200583#178
2006159#96
200799#144
200895#151
2009103#142
2010122#124
2011115#128
201281#163
201374#166
2014101#131