Merrilee
Merrilee is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 883rd, in 1942.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 194278 births
- Best rank
- #883in 1942
- Since 1923
- 1,866people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,866 girls have been named Merrilee in the United States since 1923, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1942, with 78 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 78 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1954, and the 1950s alone account for 31%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1942, its biggest year
Merrilee was the 883rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1942 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Linda and Carol. See all of 1942.
Names that rose and fell with Merrilee
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Paulettapeak 1948
- Sharanpeak 1947
- Sheronpeak 1947
- Karonpeak 1948
- Sharonpeak 1947
- Sandrapeak 1947
- Michaelenepeak 1949
- Susannpeak 1943
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.