Merla is a rare variant of Meryl that was most common in the 1940s and has all but disappeared.
Merla is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1966. Merla was first reported in SSA data in 1908 and peaked in 1949 (16 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 5 | — | #7,265 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #4,781 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | #5,668 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | #6,158 |
| 1958 | 10 | — | #4,103 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | #5,220 |
| 1956 | 9 | — | #4,363 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | #4,282 |
| 1954 | 11 | — | #3,633 |
| 1953 | 8 | — | #4,462 |
| 1952 | 12 | — | #3,329 |
| 1951 | 13 | — | #3,059 |
| 1950 | 11 | — | #3,362 |
| 1949 | 16 | — | #2,590 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | #4,497 |
| 1947 | 13 | — | #3,015 |
| 1946 | 15 | — | #2,557 |
| 1945 | 14 | — | #2,414 |
| 1944 | 7 | — | #3,950 |
| 1943 | 14 | — | #2,519 |
| 1942 | 15 | — | #2,378 |
| 1941 | 7 | — | #3,847 |
| 1940 | 8 | — | #3,418 |
| 1939 | 10 | — | #2,866 |
| 1938 | 12 | — | #2,529 |
| 1937 | 11 | — | #2,676 |
| 1936 | 13 | — | #2,352 |
| 1935 | 14 | — | #2,270 |
| 1934 | 8 | — | #3,370 |
| 1933 | 6 | — | #4,067 |
| 1932 | 14 | — | #2,324 |
| 1931 | 10 | — | #2,914 |
| 1930 | 9 | — | #3,245 |
| 1929 | 12 | — | #2,684 |
| 1928 | 10 | — | #3,089 |
| 1927 | 7 | — | #4,144 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | #5,377 |
| 1925 | 10 | — | #3,290 |
| 1924 | 9 | — | #3,580 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | #4,898 |
| 1919 | 6 | — | #4,625 |
| 1916 | 7 | — | #3,804 |
| 1915 | 6 | — | #4,088 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | #2,026 |