Gender-neutral · #2332 in 2025
Merlin
Merlin: popularity and trends since 1880
- Rank
- #2332
- Born 2025
- 59
- Peak year
- 1931
Popularity, 1880–2025
per 100,000 boys born
Recent trend
Merlin has been rising: its share of boys born has grown over the last 10 years. It now stands at 10% of its 1931 peak.
Boy or girl?
Over the last 10 years, 18% of children named Merlin were recorded as girls and 82% as boys. The file records sex, not a name's gender, and the share is measured over ten years rather than all time, so a name that has changed sides shows where it is now.
Sounds good with
Names of the other sex that are about as common right now, so two siblings' names do not sound a generation apart.