# Merlyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/merlyn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,045 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,410 / 1,635 (32% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 18, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 8,071 |
| 2012 | 8 | 13,045 |
| 2013 | 5 | 18,378 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,637 |
| 2015 | 12 | 9,325 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,511 |
| 2017 | 9 | 11,317 |
| 2018 | 9 | 11,157 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10,240 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8,772 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10,070 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,452 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8,808 |
| 2024 | 5 | 16,885 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,740 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5 | 10,266 |
| 1999 | 9 | 6,913 |
| 2000 | 10 | 6,672 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9,607 |
| 2009 | 8 | 9,582 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13,555 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,692 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,381 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,665 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11,709 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,669 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,396 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,676 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10,496 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,534 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## People named Merlyn

- Merlyn Rees, British politician (1920-2006)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.