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 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
2,532
0
0
0
0
0
0
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 Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1917
869
54
1918
918
53
1919
943
51
1920
831
66
1921
925
58
1922
797
71
1923
767
74
1924
793
73
1925
734
79
1926
679
88
1927
579
114
1928
635
96
1929
639
93
1930
508
137
1931
507
128
1932
569
109
1933
558
105
1934
553
114
1935
563
105
1936
567
103
1937
568
103
1938
554
110
1939
663
81
1940
639
88
1941
697
78
1942
739
76
1943
796
68
1944
852
55
1945
846
55
1946
988
47
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.