Merilee is a rare girls' name that was most common in the 1960s and has all but disappeared.
Merilee is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2014. Merilee was first reported in SSA data in 1929 and peaked in 1961 (54 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | #18,346 |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | #15,742 |
| 1989 | 11 | — | #7,281 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | #13,131 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | #12,533 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | #8,037 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | #6,602 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | #8,648 |
| 1982 | 15 | — | #4,857 |
| 1981 | 13 | — | #5,471 |
| 1980 | 17 | — | #4,446 |
| 1979 | 16 | — | #4,536 |
| 1978 | 18 | — | #4,021 |
| 1977 | 15 | — | #4,565 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | #8,832 |
| 1975 | 18 | — | #3,717 |
| 1974 | 15 | — | #4,162 |
| 1973 | 16 | — | #3,896 |
| 1972 | 21 | — | #3,131 |
| 1971 | 22 | — | #3,119 |
| 1970 | 22 | — | #3,083 |
| 1969 | 21 | — | #2,978 |
| 1968 | 11 | — | #4,397 |
| 1967 | 12 | — | #3,982 |
| 1966 | 21 | — | #2,723 |
| 1965 | 24 | — | #2,512 |
| 1964 | 24 | — | #2,578 |
| 1963 | 25 | — | #2,465 |
| 1962 | 36 | — | #1,933 |
| 1961 | 54 | — | #1,544 |
| 1960 | 26 | — | #2,350 |
| 1959 | 21 | — | #2,565 |
| 1958 | 36 | — | #1,840 |
| 1957 | 45 | — | #1,621 |
| 1956 | 32 | — | #1,919 |
| 1955 | 37 | — | #1,720 |
| 1954 | 38 | — | #1,664 |
| 1953 | 38 | — | #1,608 |
| 1952 | 28 | — | #1,916 |
| 1951 | 34 | — | #1,653 |
| 1950 | 31 | — | #1,704 |
| 1949 | 37 | — | #1,534 |
| 1948 | 39 | — | #1,486 |
| 1947 | 31 | — | #1,745 |
| 1946 | 36 | — | #1,474 |
| 1945 | 16 | — | #2,211 |
| 1944 | 22 | — | #1,848 |
| 1943 | 22 | — | #1,881 |
| 1942 | 37 | — | #1,340 |
| 1940 | 12 | — | #2,522 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | #4,719 |
| 1937 | 9 | — | #3,089 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | #3,611 |
| 1930 | 7 | — | #3,925 |
| 1929 | 6 | — | #4,410 |