Girl or boy
Merlyn
Meaning
This name is in the birth records, but its history has not yet been added to the library. We add meanings only when they can be given with a source.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1930s
In the United States
- 4,980 babies given this name since 1908
- At its height in 1931, about 1 in 8,100 boys
- 16 babies in 2020
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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