The baby name Merle appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2020. It was most popular in 1921 with 1,211 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Merle has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 111 |
| 1910 | 92 |
| 1911 | 112 |
| 1911 | 80 |
| 1912 | 242 |
| 1912 | 347 |
| 1913 | 268 |
| 1913 | 396 |
| 1914 | 292 |
| 1914 | 574 |
| 1915 | 438 |
| 1915 | 810 |
| 1916 | 488 |
| 1916 | 828 |
| 1917 | 451 |
| 1917 | 983 |
| 1918 | 448 |
| 1918 | 1,146 |
| 1919 | 426 |
| 1919 | 1,042 |
| 1920 | 485 |
| 1920 | 1,170 |
| 1921 | 501 |
| 1921 | 1,211 |
| 1922 | 415 |
| 1922 | 1,206 |
| 1923 | 442 |
| 1923 | 1,111 |
| 1924 | 423 |
| 1924 | 1,122 |
| 1925 | 537 |
| 1925 | 1,187 |
| 1926 | 430 |
| 1926 | 1,156 |
| 1927 | 447 |
| 1927 | 1,086 |
| 1928 | 373 |
| 1928 | 1,066 |
| 1929 | 276 |
| 1929 | 1,039 |
| 1930 | 298 |
| 1930 | 971 |
| 1931 | 254 |
| 1931 | 959 |
| 1932 | 244 |
| 1932 | 848 |
| 1933 | 224 |
| 1933 | 776 |
| 1934 | 227 |
| 1934 | 809 |
| 1935 | 350 |
| 1935 | 754 |
| 1936 | 384 |
| 1936 | 809 |
| 1937 | 340 |
| 1937 | 734 |
| 1938 | 243 |
| 1938 | 716 |
| 1939 | 305 |
| 1939 | 614 |
| 1940 | 211 |
| 1940 | 578 |
| 1941 | 182 |
| 1941 | 665 |
| 1942 | 269 |
| 1942 | 581 |
| 1943 | 241 |
| 1943 | 572 |
| 1944 | 206 |
| 1944 | 510 |
| 1945 | 198 |
| 1945 | 416 |
| 1946 | 197 |
| 1946 | 402 |
| 1947 | 182 |
| 1947 | 470 |
| 1948 | 146 |
| 1948 | 576 |
| 1949 | 122 |
| 1949 | 442 |
| 1950 | 122 |
| 1950 | 475 |
| 1951 | 130 |
| 1951 | 447 |
| 1952 | 110 |
| 1952 | 371 |
| 1953 | 105 |
| 1953 | 429 |
| 1954 | 79 |
| 1954 | 376 |
| 1955 | 66 |
| 1955 | 313 |
| 1956 | 77 |
| 1956 | 328 |
| 1957 | 54 |
| 1957 | 275 |
| 1958 | 65 |
| 1958 | 212 |
| 1959 | 54 |
| 1959 | 220 |
| 1960 | 23 |
| 1960 | 157 |
| 1961 | 25 |
| 1961 | 130 |
| 1962 | 20 |
| 1962 | 167 |
| 1963 | 5 |
| 1963 | 179 |
| 1964 | 5 |
| 1964 | 156 |
| 1965 | 139 |
| 1966 | 5 |
| 1966 | 93 |
| 1967 | 44 |
| 1968 | 69 |
| 1969 | 62 |
| 1970 | 69 |
| 1971 | 113 |
| 1972 | 48 |
| 1973 | 31 |
| 1974 | 33 |
| 1975 | 17 |
| 1976 | 15 |
| 1977 | 39 |
| 1978 | 36 |
| 1979 | 22 |
| 1980 | 6 |
| 1981 | 5 |
| 1982 | 19 |
| 1983 | 47 |
| 1984 | 6 |
| 1985 | 6 |
| 1986 | 8 |
| 1987 | 7 |
| 1988 | 7 |
| 1989 | 15 |
| 1990 | 7 |
| 1991 | 17 |
| 1993 | 18 |
| 1994 | 10 |
| 1995 | 18 |
| 1999 | 5 |
| 2000 | 5 |
| 2001 | 15 |
| 2003 | 6 |
| 2005 | 10 |
| 2009 | 7 |
| 2010 | 12 |
| 2020 | 5 |