The name Merrill is of English origin, and means bright as the sea.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Merrill 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 Merrill
Use of the Name Merrill for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
11,712
1,380
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Merrill has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Merrill last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1968, 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 Merrill
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
515
13
1881
755
7
1882
630
10
1883
391
20
1884
593
11
1885
626
10
1886
1887
534
12
1888
544
14
1889
706
9
1890
525
14
1891
579
11
1892
670
11
1893
355
26
1894
512
16
1895
387
25
1896
415
23
1897
420
21
1898
383
27
1899
350
27
1900
488
23
1901
368
26
1902
402
26
1903
349
31
1904
346
34
1905
352
35
1906
372
33
1907
393
33
1908
411
34
1909
368
42
1910
443
39
1911
375
56
1912
347
119
1913
355
137
1914
368
165
1915
326
261
1916
319
271
1917
348
256
1918
332
296
1919
338
279
1920
343
290
1921
358
283
1922
357
276
1923
359
274
1924
367
268
1925
340
291
1926
327
307
1927
348
281
1928
340
278
1929
341
269
1930
352
260
1931
342
255
1932
355
243
1933
378
207
1934
356
239
1935
398
188
1936
354
232
1937
365
221
1938
385
214
1939
371
236
1940
390
214
1941
400
211
1942
397
232
1943
396
238
1944
462
174
1945
453
171
1946
464
189
1947
481
195
1948
516
164
1949
544
150
1950
530
163
1951
559
150
1952
549
162
1953
587
150
1954
597
154
1955
600
150
1956
625
148
1957
623
151
1958
700
114
1959
760
101
1960
738
110
1961
767
102
1962
810
88
1963
783
95
1964
911
70
1965
883
70
1966
987
55
1967
920
62
1968
904
64
Totals:
11,712
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Merrill 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 Merrill appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 88 times during the last 125 years.