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How popular is the name Merlyn?
Births per year, rank history and how many Merlyns are alive today.
Merlyn (female) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2008 (ranked 5545th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 1998, when 3 babies were given the name, the 3848th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2007, with 3 babies given the name that year.
The Merlyn you are most likely to meet is around 18 years old. Half of all Merlyns born in England and Wales are between 16 and 30, and there are at least 63 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 Merlyn - on average, only one in every 5,000 such rooms contains a Merlyn.
How many babies are named Merlyn each year?
Where does Merlyn rank among girls' names?
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 Merlyn most popular?
Merlyn peaked in 1998, when 3 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Merlyn?
At least 63 people named Merlyn born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Merlyn?
Most living Merlyns are between 16 and 30; the most common age is about 18.
Is Merlyn becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.