The baby name Meryl appears in baby name data for the United States from 1916 to 2015. It was most popular in 1957 with 205 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Meryl has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1916 | 10 |
| 1921 | 10 |
| 1924 | 18 |
| 1926 | 28 |
| 1927 | 15 |
| 1928 | 14 |
| 1929 | 43 |
| 1931 | 34 |
| 1932 | 7 |
| 1933 | 23 |
| 1935 | 9 |
| 1936 | 15 |
| 1938 | 10 |
| 1939 | 16 |
| 1940 | 5 |
| 1941 | 11 |
| 1942 | 13 |
| 1943 | 12 |
| 1944 | 26 |
| 1945 | 52 |
| 1946 | 49 |
| 1947 | 80 |
| 1948 | 80 |
| 1949 | 89 |
| 1950 | 106 |
| 1951 | 108 |
| 1952 | 105 |
| 1953 | 97 |
| 1954 | 122 |
| 1955 | 102 |
| 1956 | 128 |
| 1957 | 205 |
| 1958 | 121 |
| 1959 | 144 |
| 1960 | 158 |
| 1961 | 94 |
| 1962 | 12 |
| 1963 | 56 |
| 1964 | 42 |
| 1965 | 34 |
| 1966 | 27 |
| 1967 | 22 |
| 1968 | 22 |
| 1969 | 28 |
| 1970 | 19 |
| 1971 | 12 |
| 1972 | 12 |
| 1973 | 5 |
| 1974 | 9 |
| 1975 | 7 |
| 1976 | 8 |
| 1979 | 10 |
| 1980 | 38 |
| 1981 | 12 |
| 1982 | 31 |
| 1983 | 52 |
| 1984 | 30 |
| 1985 | 20 |
| 1986 | 30 |
| 1987 | 14 |
| 1988 | 27 |
| 1989 | 8 |
| 1990 | 32 |
| 1991 | 7 |
| 1994 | 13 |
| 1995 | 17 |
| 1997 | 6 |
| 1998 | 5 |
| 1999 | 5 |
| 2015 | 6 |