Meryl
Girl · Scottish
Meryl is a girls' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Meryl mean?
Scottish
A female given name from Scottish Gaelic, variant of Muriel.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Meryl a girl's or a boy's name?
Meryl is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Meryl in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Meryl in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Meryl in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Meryl in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Meryl, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 1956, with 156 girls. It first appears in the records in 1892.
2025 had fewer girls named Meryl than any year since 2001.
Half of all the girls named Meryl in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 65% of the babies named Meryl in the US in 1916, and 87% in 1967.
Meryl in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,631 |
| 2015 | 50 | #3,254 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,294 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,727 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 33 | #3,352 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,983 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,534 |
| 1990 | 49 | #2,459 |
| 1989 | 59 | #2,091 |
| 1988 | 68 | #1,820 |
| 1987 | 65 | #1,791 |
| 1986 | 79 | #1,538 |
| 1985 | 72 | #1,631 |
| 1984 | 71 | #1,583 |
| 1983 | 72 | #1,552 |
| 1982 | 68 | #1,672 |
| 1981 | 46 | #2,195 |
| 1980 | 63 | #1,749 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,333 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 31 | #2,356 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,166 |
| 1970 | 34 | #2,267 |
| 1969 | 46 | #1,809 |
| 1968 | 37 | #1,975 |
| 1967 | 34 | #2,012 |
| 1966 | 45 | #1,669 |
| 1965 | 51 | #1,561 |
| 1964 | 65 | #1,393 |
| 1963 | 78 | #1,241 |
| 1962 | 76 | #1,266 |
| 1961 | 79 | #1,242 |
| 1960 | 100 | #1,072 |
| 1959 | 108 | #1,017 |
| 1958 | 94 | #1,080 |
| 1957 | 141 | #854 |
| 1956 | 156 | #791 |
| 1955 | 125 | #868 |
| 1954 | 143 | #781 |
| 1953 | 132 | #800 |
| 1952 | 141 | #746 |
| 1951 | 119 | #818 |
| 1950 | 124 | #776 |
| 1949 | 125 | #771 |
| 1948 | 112 | #820 |
| 1947 | 97 | #897 |
| 1946 | 70 | #1,005 |
| 1945 | 69 | #904 |
| 1944 | 45 | #1,174 |
| 1943 | 31 | #1,491 |
| 1942 | 33 | #1,413 |
| 1941 | 30 | #1,418 |
| 1940 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1939 | 31 | #1,327 |
| 1938 | 25 | #1,505 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,999 |
| 1936 | 37 | #1,165 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,483 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,603 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,364 |
| 1932 | 29 | #1,382 |
| 1931 | 40 | #1,127 |
| 1930 | 37 | #1,232 |
| 1929 | 30 | #1,392 |
| 1928 | 41 | #1,190 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,668 |
| 1926 | 36 | #1,303 |
| 1925 | 35 | #1,347 |
| 1924 | 36 | #1,354 |
| 1923 | 37 | #1,283 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,836 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,927 |
| 1920 | 32 | #1,407 |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,989 |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,451 |
| 1917 | 29 | #1,377 |
| 1916 | 22 | #1,630 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,738 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,665 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,358 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,143 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,792 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,439 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,416 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,419 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,438 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,171 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
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