girls:
397 births since 1907
#5319 (7th percentile)
boys:
32 births since 1928
#4554 (1st percentile)
overall:
429 births since 1907
#7310 (6th percentile)
The name Meryle is the #7,310 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 429 recorded births since 1907. This represents the 5.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,319 (6.9% percentile) for all time with 397 births since 1907. For boys, it ranks #4,554 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 32 births since 1928.
Meryle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1907 (1907 for girls and 1928 for boys). Birth data for Meryle is available in 48 out of the 57 years between 1907 and 1963 (45 years for girls and 6 years for boys). 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 Meryle has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 92.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Meryle reached its peak popularity in 1924, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #597) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1909, with 16 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1963.
For boys, Meryle reached its peak popularity in 1931, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #519) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1933, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1946.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Meryle".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Meryle. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 40.5% confident that Meryle is pronounced as MEH-ruhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEH-rihl, at 35.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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