Name meaning & stats
Merlyn
Merlyn. 2,169 US babies since 1940, peak 1940.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
In US birth records
Peak year: 1940
2,169 US babies were named Merlyn between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Merlyn (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 5 Merlins spell it Merlyn
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1940)