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How popular is the name Merin?
Births per year, rank history and how many Merins are alive today.
Merin (female), a spelling of Merryn, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2016 (ranked 5785th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 2006, when 7 babies were given the name, the 2781st most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Merryn you are most likely to meet is around 5 years old. Half of all Merryns born in England and Wales are between 6 and 18, and there are at least 940 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Merryn - on average, only one in every 336 such rooms contains a Merryn.
How many babies are named Merin each year?
Includes all spellings: Merin, Marin, Merryn. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Merin spelling rank?
Where does the Marin spelling rank?
Where does the Merryn spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Merin most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Merryn, peaked in 2013, when 53 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Merin spelling itself peaked in 2006, with 7 babies.
How many people are called Merin?
At least 940 people named Merin in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Merin?
Most living Merins are between 6 and 18; the most common age is about 5.
Is Merin becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.