Merly
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MER-lee
Merly is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Merly come from?
Used by Latin American families; possibly a pet form of Merle or Mercedes
Is Merly a girl's or a boy's name?
Merly is a girls' name.
How popular is Merly in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the girls named Merly in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Merly in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
Names like Merly
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lily, Miley, Murphy, Ivy, Marley, Presley, Emery, Landry, Avery, Daisy, Hadley, Harley
Names related to Merly
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Merly: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/merly, updated 20 October 2026.