Merrill
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Merrill is a name of English origin, meaning “sea bright”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Merrill mean?
English: English surname, from the medieval given name Muriel
“sea bright”
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Is Merrill a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Merrill has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 14 boys in the US.
How popular is Merrill in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Merrill, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1926, with 305 boys. 8 girls were also named Merrill in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
2025 had more boys named Merrill than any year since 1999.
Half of all the boys named Merrill in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1951, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 13% of the babies named Merrill in the US in 1905, and 47% in 1999.
Merrill in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 36 | #2,046 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,689 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,896 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 32 | #1,934 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,358 |
| 1985 | 27 | #2,070 |
| 1984 | 32 | #1,763 |
| 1983 | 41 | #1,489 |
| 1982 | 32 | #1,773 |
| 1981 | 43 | #1,455 |
| 1980 | 50 | #1,324 |
| 1979 | 50 | #1,304 |
| 1978 | 51 | #1,258 |
| 1977 | 47 | #1,312 |
| 1976 | 52 | #1,190 |
| 1975 | 42 | #1,345 |
| 1974 | 45 | #1,244 |
| 1973 | 39 | #1,329 |
| 1972 | 41 | #1,307 |
| 1971 | 52 | #1,138 |
| 1970 | 49 | #1,178 |
| 1969 | 57 | #1,017 |
| 1968 | 64 | #898 |
| 1967 | 62 | #915 |
| 1966 | 55 | #984 |
| 1965 | 69 | #881 |
| 1964 | 72 | #895 |
| 1963 | 94 | #785 |
| 1962 | 88 | #807 |
| 1961 | 102 | #761 |
| 1960 | 111 | #729 |
| 1959 | 102 | #751 |
| 1958 | 114 | #700 |
| 1957 | 149 | #627 |
| 1956 | 153 | #610 |
| 1955 | 148 | #607 |
| 1954 | 155 | #592 |
| 1953 | 149 | #589 |
| 1952 | 163 | #545 |
| 1951 | 149 | #561 |
| 1950 | 164 | #520 |
| 1949 | 151 | #541 |
| 1948 | 163 | #516 |
| 1947 | 194 | #480 |
| 1946 | 191 | #460 |
| 1945 | 171 | #454 |
| 1944 | 174 | #460 |
| 1943 | 242 | #391 |
| 1942 | 230 | #399 |
| 1941 | 210 | #401 |
| 1940 | 215 | #388 |
| 1939 | 235 | #372 |
| 1938 | 215 | #384 |
| 1937 | 221 | #365 |
| 1936 | 233 | #353 |
| 1935 | 188 | #397 |
| 1934 | 239 | #355 |
| 1933 | 207 | #377 |
| 1932 | 243 | #355 |
| 1931 | 257 | #341 |
| 1930 | 260 | #352 |
| 1929 | 269 | #342 |
| 1928 | 278 | #342 |
| 1927 | 284 | #343 |
| 1926 | 305 | #331 |
| 1925 | 292 | #340 |
| 1924 | 266 | #368 |
| 1923 | 278 | #354 |
| 1922 | 276 | #355 |
| 1921 | 283 | #358 |
| 1920 | 289 | #345 |
| 1919 | 279 | #338 |
| 1918 | 296 | #333 |
| 1917 | 257 | #347 |
| 1916 | 270 | #320 |
| 1915 | 261 | #325 |
| 1914 | 166 | #367 |
| 1913 | 136 | #357 |
| 1912 | 119 | #346 |
| 1911 | 57 | #368 |
| 1910 | 39 | #440 |
| 1909 | 42 | #365 |
| 1908 | 34 | #403 |
| 1907 | 33 | #388 |
| 1906 | 33 | #363 |
| 1905 | 35 | #346 |
| 1904 | 34 | #344 |
| 1903 | 31 | #346 |
| 1902 | 26 | #388 |
| 1901 | 26 | #359 |
| 1900 | 23 | #477 |
| 1899 | 27 | #346 |
| 1898 | 27 | #377 |
| 1897 | 21 | #411 |
| 1896 | 23 | #407 |
| 1895 | 25 | #383 |
| 1894 | 16 | #502 |
| 1893 | 26 | #349 |
| 1892 | 11 | #640 |
| 1891 | 11 | #564 |
| 1890 | 14 | #511 |
| 1889 | 9 | #673 |
| 1888 | 14 | #528 |
| 1887 | 12 | #516 |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 10 | #604 |
| 1884 | 11 | #570 |
| 1883 | 20 | #381 |
| 1882 | 10 | #611 |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
| 1880 | 13 | #505 |
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