girls:
134 births since 1914
#5582 (2nd percentile)
boys:
858 births since 1910
#3729 (19th percentile)
overall:
992 births since 1910
#6747 (13th percentile)
The name Merril is the #6,747 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 992 recorded births since 1910. This represents the 12.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,729 (18.6% percentile) for all time with 858 births since 1910. For girls, it ranks #5,582 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 134 births since 1914.
Merril first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1910 (1910 for boys and 1914 for girls). Birth data for Merril is available in 55 out of the 99 years between 1910 and 2008 (55 years for boys and 19 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Merril has been given predominantly to boys, with 86.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2008, 100.0% of babies named Merril were boys.
For boys, Merril reached its peak popularity in 1920, achieving the 6.0% percentile (ranked #503) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 1910, with 38 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.
For girls, Merril reached its peak popularity in 1950, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #664) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1942, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1967.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Merril".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Merril. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 68.4% confident that Merril is pronounced as MEH-rihl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEH-ruhl, at 31.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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