Mearl
The Story of Mearl
As a girl name
Mearl first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1893, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1915: 22 births, good for #1,571 nationwide. About 30% of every Mearl on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Mearl last appeared in the published SSA data in 1955, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 428 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Mearl on the record books as a boy name in 1894, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1920, when 38 Mearls were born — ranking #1,157 that year. About 24% of every Mearl on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Mearl last appeared in the published SSA data in 1977, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Mearl
Mearl is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1894 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Mearl's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #1,157. Use the chart and map above to compare Mearl's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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