girl's name

Meryle

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 559

Meryle is a girl's name. In 1963 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1924, when 18 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1907.

Meryle over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1900s to 1960s. The striped bar is the 1960s, still in progress — it covers 1960 to 1963, not a full ten years.

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Births named Meryle by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1900s 11
1910s 75
1920s 103
1930s 69
1940s 92
1950s 67
1960s (to 1963) 12

How popular is Meryle?

In 1963, Meryle was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Meryle is used

France as Méryle #4,860 5 in 2024
United States #5,318 7 in 1963

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.

How Meryle is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Méryle Méryle is a rare spelling of Meryle, written with an acute accent and recorded about 45 times, mostly in France. 45

Names that peaked alongside Meryle

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

Parents who like Meryle also like

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

Sibling names for Meryle

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

Common questions about Meryle

How popular is the name Meryle?

In 1963, Meryle was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Meryle is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Meryle most popular?

Meryle peaked in 1924, when 18 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.