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Merlyn Boy Name


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Merlyn name image The name Merlyn is of Celtic origin, and is a variation of Merlin.  The table below indicates the number of times the name Merlyn has been given to baby boys in recent years.  The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.  The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years. 

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Merlyn
Use of the Name Merlyn for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years50 Years25 Years10 Years5 Years2 Years1 Year
2,532000000
The table below indicates the number of times the name Merlyn has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.  Merlyn first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1917, which is the first year shown on the table.  Merlyn last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1946, the last year shown on the table.  A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Merlyn
 Used as a Boy NameUsed as a Girl Name
YearRankCountRankCount
191786954  
191891853  
191994351  
192083166  
192192558  
192279771  
192376774  
192479373  
192573479  
192667988  
1927579114  
192863596  
192963993  
1930508137  
1931507128  
1932569109  
1933558105  
1934553114  
1935563105  
1936567103  
1937568103  
1938554110  
193966381  
194063988  
194169778  
194273976  
194379668  
194485255  
194584655  
194698847  
Totals:  2,532 0

During the last 125 years, parents have used Merlyn as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.  Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Merlyn appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 30 times during the last 125 years.


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Boy Name Merlyn