Merlene is an uncommon girls' name that was most common in the 1940s and has all but disappeared.
Merlene is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1984. Merlene was first reported in SSA data in 1913 and peaked in 1940 (93 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 5 | — | #11,533 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | #10,003 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | #9,293 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | #8,090 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | #8,339 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | #6,451 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | #7,017 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | #7,090 |
| 1970 | 12 | — | #4,673 |
| 1969 | 13 | — | #4,098 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | #7,779 |
| 1967 | 14 | — | #3,595 |
| 1966 | 19 | — | #2,908 |
| 1965 | 19 | — | #2,892 |
| 1964 | 15 | — | #3,466 |
| 1963 | 19 | — | #2,930 |
| 1962 | 22 | — | #2,642 |
| 1961 | 25 | — | #2,450 |
| 1960 | 30 | — | #2,133 |
| 1959 | 40 | — | #1,751 |
| 1958 | 40 | — | #1,719 |
| 1957 | 36 | — | #1,830 |
| 1956 | 37 | — | #1,753 |
| 1955 | 49 | — | #1,456 |
| 1954 | 41 | — | #1,597 |
| 1953 | 48 | — | #1,420 |
| 1952 | 44 | — | #1,466 |
| 1951 | 48 | — | #1,353 |
| 1950 | 49 | — | #1,313 |
| 1949 | 47 | — | #1,349 |
| 1948 | 56 | — | #1,217 |
| 1947 | 49 | — | #1,307 |
| 1946 | 75 | — | #967 |
| 1945 | 57 | — | #1,027 |
| 1944 | 66 | — | #959 |
| 1943 | 62 | — | #1,012 |
| 1942 | 70 | — | #941 |
| 1941 | 57 | — | #973 |
| 1940 | 93 | — | #723 |
| 1939 | 63 | — | #886 |
| 1938 | 83 | — | #770 |
| 1937 | 81 | — | #760 |
| 1936 | 74 | — | #790 |
| 1935 | 79 | — | #763 |
| 1934 | 68 | — | #825 |
| 1933 | 69 | — | #804 |
| 1932 | 62 | — | #897 |
| 1931 | 66 | — | #853 |
| 1930 | 42 | — | #1,156 |
| 1929 | 56 | — | #966 |
| 1928 | 54 | — | #1,023 |
| 1927 | 29 | — | #1,545 |
| 1926 | 30 | — | #1,503 |
| 1925 | 25 | — | #1,732 |
| 1924 | 37 | — | #1,345 |
| 1923 | 24 | — | #1,761 |
| 1922 | 18 | — | #2,162 |
| 1921 | 19 | — | #2,093 |
| 1920 | 15 | — | #2,434 |
| 1919 | 23 | — | #1,727 |
| 1918 | 15 | — | #2,344 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | #3,977 |
| 1916 | 12 | — | #2,607 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,676 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | #3,078 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | #3,532 |