Merrill

Boy name

Merrill has been given to 15,065 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1926.

Meaning & origin

Variant of Muriel.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

15,065

Peak year

1926 (321 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -8%

Gender split

14% girls / 86% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Merrill.

15,052 babies since 1898

15,044 babies since 1880

14,940 babies since 1880

14,456 babies since 1880

14,376 babies since 1880

14,274 babies since 1881

15,958 babies since 1880

15,968 babies since 1885

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