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Merlin Reliable • Peaceable • Unworldly
Merlin Reliable • Peaceable • Unworldly
Reliable • Peaceable • Unworldly
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Merlin Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
94.55%
Male
5.45%
Female
Merlin is predominantly a boys name, with 5.45% of Merlins being girls, and 94.55% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 14648 males named Merlin, and 844 females given the name
Popularity of Merlin by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Merlin in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None
Merlin: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2024
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Merlin' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Merlin in the USA from 1880-2024. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. Merlin's average ranking is 2790.72, with it's highest ever rank being #. Merlin has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 1 times, and has reached the top hundred names 1 times.
Merlin has been used in the United States ever since 1885, with over 15492 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Merlin gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1924, when it's usage went up by 122.45%. During this year, 337 babies were named Merlin, which was 0.0146% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.018%, in this year alone more than 0 boys were named Merlin.
Popular 'M' Names for Boys
Boys names starting with 'M'
Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with M. These boys names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'M' names, their over all rank among all boy names, the total number of baby boys expected to be given this name in 2024, and the total percentage of boys given this name.
Name | 'M-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
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Mason | 1. | 7. | 15192 | 0.42% |
Michael | 2. | 13. | 13998 | 0.387% |
Matthew | 3. | 21. | 12551 | 0.347% |
Mateo | 4. | 82. | 6526 | 0.18% |
Miles | 5. | 179. | 3714 | 0.103% |
Maxwell | 6. | 190. | 3559 | 0.098% |
Micah | 7. | 196. | 3447 | 0.095% |
Max | 8. | 200. | 3394 | 0.094% |
Maverick | 9. | 243. | 2940 | 0.081% |
Maddox | 10. | 248. | 2887 | 0.08% |
Malachi | 11. | 278. | 2585 | 0.071% |
Miguel | 12. | 286. | 2492 | 0.069% |
Matteo | 13. | 297. | 2377 | 0.066% |
Marcus | 14. | 324. | 2156 | 0.06% |
Maximus | 15. | 332. | 2108 | 0.058% |
Mark | 16. | 342. | 2057 | 0.057% |
Messiah | 17. | 400. | 1776 | 0.049% |
Myles | 18. | 421. | 1688 | 0.047% |
Milo | 19. | 461. | 1495 | 0.041% |
Martin | 20. | 482. | 1391 | 0.038% |