# Meryl (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/meryl/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,599 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 432 / 5,167 (92% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 70, 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 | 17 | 7,322 |
| 2012 | 34 | 4,355 |
| 2013 | 18 | 6,930 |
| 2014 | 29 | 4,858 |
| 2015 | 50 | 3,290 |
| 2016 | 30 | 4,702 |
| 2017 | 20 | 6,213 |
| 2018 | 25 | 5,278 |
| 2019 | 22 | 5,735 |
| 2020 | 22 | 5,602 |
| 2021 | 17 | 6,884 |
| 2022 | 16 | 7,188 |
| 2023 | 20 | 6,098 |
| 2024 | 23 | 5,554 |
| 2025 | 12 | 8,689 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1944 | 9 | 2,576 |
| 1945 | 6 | 3,209 |
| 1946 | 13 | 2,110 |
| 1947 | 11 | 2,463 |
| 1948 | 7 | 3,212 |
| 1949 | 5 | 4,048 |
| 1950 | 6 | 3,570 |
| 1951 | 8 | 2,989 |
| 1952 | 5 | 4,099 |
| 1953 | 7 | 3,322 |
| 1955 | 9 | 2,907 |
| 1957 | 9 | 2,957 |
| 1961 | 5 | 4,456 |
| 1964 | 5 | 4,429 |
| 1967 | 5 | 4,353 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 7 | 2,096 |
| 1997 | 9 | 1,802 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2009 | 7 | 3,031 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Ме́рил
- Polish: Maryla

## 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.