Merlyn Boy Name

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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.

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Merlyn Boy Name

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Boy Name Merlyn