Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Merle

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Merle
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.4% from peak

Peak era

1925

Peak rank proxy

836

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19252024

Peak year

1925

Decline from peak

97.4%

2024

All-time

30,630

Merle once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1925, when 836 boys were named Merle.

In 2024, only 22 boys were given the name.

Down 97.4% from its peak.

All told, about 30,630 Americans have been named Merle and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.4% from peak

1925836 boys named Merle

202422 boys named Merle

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