girls:
1.9k births since 1923
#3926 (31st percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1923
#5894 (24th percentile)
The name Merrilee is the #5,894 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,866 recorded births since 1923. This represents the 23.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,926 (31.3% percentile) for all time with 1,866 births since 1923.
Merrilee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1923 (first recorded for girls in 1923). Birth data for Merrilee is available in 65 out of the 101 years between 1923 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Merrilee reached its peak popularity in 1942, achieving the 11.8% percentile (ranked #548) with 56 births per million. The name was most common in 1942, with 56 births per million (ranked 11.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Merrilee ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 5.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Merrilee".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Merrilee. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 29.4% confident that Merrilee is pronounced as MEH-rih-lee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEH-ruh-lee, at 23.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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