Merrin
Girl · MER-in · Cornish
Merrin is a girls' name of Cornish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Merrin mean?
Cornish: from Merryn, a Cornish saint's and place name
St Merryn, a village near Padstow in Cornwall, is named after an obscure early saint.
- Say it
- MER-in
Is Merrin a girl's or a boy's name?
Merrin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Merrin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Merrin, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 5 girls.
2025 had more girls named Merrin than any year since 2012.
In 2025, 43 girls in the UK were given Merrin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #810, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
- Merryn 38
- Merrin 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Merrin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
How popular is Merrin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Merrin, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Merrin in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Merrin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
Names like Merrin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Merrin
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