Merrel
Concordia Merrel was a British stage and silent film actress, photographer's model and a prolific author of romantic fiction.
Meaning & Origin of Merrel
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Concordia Merrel was a British stage and silent film actress, photographer's model and a prolific author of romantic fiction.
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The Story of Merrel
American parents first put Merrel on the record books as a baby boy name in 1908, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1922, when 15 Merrels were born — ranking #2,143 that year. About 34% of every Merrel on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Merrel last appeared in the published SSA data in 1955, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 259 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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About the name Merrel
Merrel is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1908 and has accumulated 259 births in the dataset. Merrel's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #2,143. Use the chart and map above to compare Merrel'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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