Merrel is a very rare variant of Merle that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Merrel is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1955. Merrel first appears in 1908 and peaked in 1922 (15 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 5 | — | — | #4,207 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | — | #4,072 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | — | #3,556 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | — | #4,083 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | — | #3,407 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | — | #3,208 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | — | #3,120 |
| 1941 | 7 | — | — | #3,046 |
| 1940 | 14 | — | #4,827 | #2,612 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | — | #3,359 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | — | #3,407 |
| 1936 | 6 | — | — | #3,410 |
| 1935 | 6 | — | — | #3,522 |
| 1934 | 8 | — | — | #2,881 |
| 1933 | 10 | — | — | #2,484 |
| 1931 | 7 | — | — | #3,296 |
| 1929 | 8 | — | — | #3,158 |
| 1928 | 8 | — | — | #3,269 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | — | #4,044 |
| 1926 | 9 | — | — | #3,057 |
| 1925 | 10 | — | — | #2,869 |
| 1924 | 9 | — | — | #3,174 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | — | #3,359 |
| 1922 | 15 | — | — | #2,203 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | — | #4,178 |
| 1920 | 10 | — | — | #2,898 |
| 1919 | 9 | — | — | #3,040 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | — | #4,584 |
| 1917 | 13 | — | #5,064 | #3,116 |
| 1916 | 13 | — | — | #2,224 |
| 1915 | 9 | — | — | #2,756 |
| 1913 | 8 | — | — | #2,200 |
| 1912 | 7 | — | — | #2,184 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | — | #1,315 |