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How popular is the name Meryl?
Births per year, rank history and how many Meryls are alive today.
Meryl (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Meral in England and Wales, ranked 3696th in 2024 and given to 6 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1997, when 9 babies were given the name, the 1802nd most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Meral you are most likely to meet is around 7 years old - or else around 30: the name has two living generations. Half of all Merals born in England and Wales are between 7 and 29, and there are at least 220 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 Meral - on average, only one in every 1,432 such rooms contains a Meral.
How many babies are named Meryl each year?
Includes all spellings: Meryl, Meral, Merel. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Meryl spelling rank?
Where does the Meral spelling rank?
Where does the Merel 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 Meryl most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Meral, peaked in 1997, when 15 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Meryl spelling itself peaked in 1997, with 9 babies.
How many people are called Meryl?
At least 220 people named Meryl in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Meryl?
Most living Meryls are between 7 and 29; the most common age is about 7. There is a second cluster around 30.
Is Meryl becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.