first name
MERRILL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,383 people named Merrill, 88.5% reported their origin as White, 5.3% as Black and 2.2% as two or more races. 75.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Merrill peaked in 1926, when 321 babies got the name.
At least 15,065 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Merrill by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #724. The largest share of babies named Merrill, 31%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Merrill is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Merrill has been most common in Utah (8.1×), Iowa (5.9×), and Vermont (5.3×), and least common in Texas (0.18×).
8,162 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Merrill
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Merrill, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Merrill ranks #1,093 of 156,621, with 31,507 people. See Merrill as a last name
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