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“sea + bright”
No sourced pronunciation yet
01 / Meaning & origin
Merril is a unisex given name documented in English. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it. It is a form of Muriel, for which English Wikipedia gives the components sea + bright.
Meaning: “sea + bright”
Variant of Muriel.
02 / Across borders
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3 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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United States, 2008: 5 boys (rank 12553). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1880–2025 Spelling: Merril
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1881 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1882 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1883 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1884 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1885 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1886 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1887 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1888 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1889 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1890 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1891 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1892 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1893 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1894 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1895 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1896 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1897 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1898 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1899 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1904 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1905 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1910 | 8 | 1,193 | observed |
| 1911 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1912 | 13 | 1,353 | observed |
| 1913 | 18 | 1,205 | observed |
| 1914 | 19 | 1,388 | observed |
| 1915 | 18 | 1,660 | observed |
| 1916 | 19 | 1,646 | observed |
| 1917 | 25 | 1,396 | observed |
| 1918 | 29 | 1,313 | observed |
| 1919 | 27 | 1,386 | observed |
| 1920 | 37 | 1,180 | observed |
| 1921 | 32 | 1,296 | observed |
| 1922 | 28 | 1,396 | observed |
| 1923 | 26 | 1,460 | observed |
| 1924 | 31 | 1,329 | observed |
| 1925 | 24 | 1,534 | observed |
| 1926 | 29 | 1,353 | observed |
| 1927 | 13 | 2,298 | observed |
| 1928 | 25 | 1,480 | observed |
| 1929 | 18 | 1,793 | observed |
| 1930 | 16 | 1,889 | observed |
| 1931 | 17 | 1,770 | observed |
| 1932 | 17 | 1,777 | observed |
| 1933 | 20 | 1,540 | observed |
| 1934 | 12 | 2,121 | observed |
| 1935 | 19 | 1,584 | observed |
| 1936 | 17 | 1,639 | observed |
| 1937 | 16 | 1,756 | observed |
| 1938 | 11 | 2,185 | observed |
| 1939 | 14 | 1,879 | observed |
| 1940 | 13 | 1,983 | observed |
| 1941 | 14 | 1,903 | observed |
| 1942 | 14 | 1,946 | observed |
| 1943 | 19 | 1,636 | observed |
| 1944 | 12 | 2,080 | observed |
| 1945 | 14 | 1,852 | observed |
| 1946 | 14 | 1,949 | observed |
| 1947 | 9 | 2,671 | observed |
| 1948 | 9 | 2,608 | observed |
| 1949 | 14 | 2,022 | observed |
| 1950 | 11 | 2,321 | observed |
| 1951 | 10 | 2,495 | observed |
| 1952 | 9 | 2,680 | observed |
| 1953 | 5 | 3,798 | observed |
| 1954 | 12 | 2,316 | observed |
| 1955 | 8 | 2,964 | observed |
| 1956 | 12 | 2,361 | observed |
| 1957 | 11 | 2,494 | observed |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | 7 | 3,337 | observed |
| 1961 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1962 | 6 | 3,640 | observed |
| 1963 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1964 | 8 | 3,050 | observed |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1967 | 6 | 3,559 | observed |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1970 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1971 | 6 | 4,375 | observed |
| 1972 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1973 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1974 | 6 | 4,634 | observed |
| 1975 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1978 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | 6 | 5,525 | observed |
| 1981 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1982 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | 5 | 12,553 | observed |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Merril” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
