Merlie is a very rare girls' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Merlie is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1948. Merlie was first reported in SSA data in 1897 and peaked in 1921 (15 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 5 | — | #5,768 |
| 1947 | 6 | — | #5,117 |
| 1946 | 9 | — | #3,581 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | #5,132 |
| 1939 | 9 | — | #3,073 |
| 1935 | 6 | — | #4,075 |
| 1934 | 9 | — | #3,085 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | #4,659 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | #4,254 |
| 1930 | 9 | — | #3,246 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | #5,063 |
| 1928 | 6 | — | #4,553 |
| 1927 | 9 | — | #3,479 |
| 1925 | 8 | — | #3,922 |
| 1924 | 10 | — | #3,297 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | #3,862 |
| 1922 | 13 | — | #2,719 |
| 1921 | 15 | — | #2,462 |
| 1920 | 10 | — | #3,274 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | #4,109 |
| 1918 | 10 | — | #3,169 |
| 1917 | 10 | — | #3,006 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | #4,918 |
| 1915 | 10 | — | #2,838 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | #4,008 |
| 1913 | 12 | — | #1,851 |
| 1912 | 9 | — | #2,083 |
| 1911 | 6 | — | #2,380 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | #2,664 |
| 1908 | 8 | — | #1,634 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | #1,877 |
| 1901 | 9 | — | #1,199 |
| 1897 | 6 | — | #1,494 |