Name meaning & stats
Merle
Merle. 14,872 US babies since 1940, peak 1942.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Originally a surname.
In US birth records
Peak year: 1942
14,872 US babies were named Merle between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Merle (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 62% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1942)