Merline is a rare girls' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Merline is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2007. Merline was first reported in SSA data in 1910 and peaked in 1924 (37 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 8 | 8 | #13,495 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | #17,473 |
| 2002 | 8 | 8 | #11,822 |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | #17,048 |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | #16,694 |
| 1998 | 6 | 6 | #13,547 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | #15,024 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | #14,586 |
| 1990 | 9 | — | #8,972 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | #13,759 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | #11,263 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | #12,536 |
| 1986 | 10 | — | #6,935 |
| 1985 | 10 | — | #6,772 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | #7,883 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #11,355 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | #10,004 |
| 1974 | 7 | — | #7,390 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | #4,743 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | #6,520 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | #5,157 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | #7,227 |
| 1961 | 10 | — | #4,442 |
| 1960 | 11 | — | #4,085 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | #6,013 |
| 1958 | 10 | — | #4,104 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | #5,221 |
| 1956 | 12 | — | #3,629 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | #5,638 |
| 1954 | 13 | — | #3,268 |
| 1953 | 11 | — | #3,616 |
| 1952 | 16 | — | #2,753 |
| 1951 | 12 | — | #3,230 |
| 1950 | 18 | — | #2,406 |
| 1949 | 13 | — | #2,952 |
| 1948 | 20 | — | #2,228 |
| 1947 | 21 | — | #2,179 |
| 1946 | 18 | — | #2,287 |
| 1945 | 20 | — | #1,926 |
| 1944 | 17 | — | #2,170 |
| 1943 | 18 | — | #2,123 |
| 1942 | 25 | — | #1,693 |
| 1941 | 26 | — | #1,561 |
| 1940 | 35 | — | #1,265 |
| 1939 | 31 | — | #1,340 |
| 1938 | 28 | — | #1,431 |
| 1937 | 22 | — | #1,670 |
| 1936 | 24 | — | #1,539 |
| 1935 | 26 | — | #1,474 |
| 1934 | 25 | — | #1,504 |
| 1933 | 30 | — | #1,326 |
| 1932 | 26 | — | #1,508 |
| 1931 | 36 | — | #1,214 |
| 1930 | 25 | — | #1,595 |
| 1929 | 16 | — | #2,156 |
| 1928 | 20 | — | #1,946 |
| 1927 | 36 | — | #1,349 |
| 1926 | 29 | — | #1,530 |
| 1925 | 19 | — | #2,093 |
| 1924 | 37 | — | #1,346 |
| 1923 | 25 | — | #1,713 |
| 1922 | 23 | — | #1,822 |
| 1921 | 26 | — | #1,706 |
| 1920 | 19 | — | #2,049 |
| 1919 | 13 | — | #2,601 |
| 1918 | 11 | — | #2,957 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | #3,978 |
| 1916 | 12 | — | #2,608 |
| 1915 | 8 | — | #3,329 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | #3,079 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | #2,069 |