Mearle is a very rare variant of Merle that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Mearle is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1948. Mearle first appears in 1915 and peaked in 1919 (9 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 6 | — | — | #3,553 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | — | #3,890 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | — | #3,988 |
| 1927 | 5 | — | — | #4,593 |
| 1925 | 9 | — | — | #3,061 |
| 1924 | 9 | — | — | #3,172 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | #3,859 | — |
| 1922 | 5 | — | — | #4,736 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | — | #4,173 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | — | #4,729 |
| 1919 | 9 | — | — | #3,036 |
| 1918 | 12 | — | #5,337 | #3,595 |
| 1917 | 14 | — | #3,593 | #3,829 |
| 1915 | 10 | — | #4,746 | #4,189 |