Merwin
Merwin is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 823rd, in 1928.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192864 births
- Best rank
- #823in 1928
- Since 1892
- 1,625people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,625 boys have been named Merwin in the United States since 1892, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1928, with 64 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 64 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1928, and the 1920s alone account for 33%. It has spent 15 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Merwin | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 15 | |
| 1910s | 308 | |
| 1920s | 532 | |
| 1930s | 337 | |
| 1940s | 187 | |
| 1950s | 132 | |
| 1960s | 67 | |
| 1970s | 22 | |
| 1980s | 15 | |
| 2000s | 5 |
In 1928, its biggest year
Merwin was the 823rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1928 were Robert, John, James, William and Charles. See all of 1928.
Names that rose and fell with Merwin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Gasperpeak 1917
- Beaufordpeak 1934
- Haskelpeak 1924
- Verlepeak 1920
- Natalepeak 1915
- Harroldpeak 1923
- Norbertpeak 1924
- Orvinpeak 1917
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.