girl's name

Merin

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 213

Merin is a girl's name. In 2018 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2009, when 15 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1980.

Merin over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2018, not a full ten years.

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Births named Merin by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 27
1990s 30
2000s 85
2010s (to 2018) 34

How popular is Merin?

In 2018, Merin was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Merin is used

Ireland #1,116 3 in 2012
France #3,932 5 in 1998
England & Wales #7,388 3 in 2016
United States #17,856 5 in 2018

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Merin

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Merin also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Merin over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Merin

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Merin — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Merin

How popular is the name Merin?

In 2018, Merin was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Merin a girl's or a boy's name?

Merin is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Merin most popular?

Merin peaked in 2009, when 15 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.