Merle doesn`t appear in 2007`s top-1000 name list.
The last time Merle appeared in the top-1000 was 58 years ago, in 1950. It ranked #721 in that year. . 1890 was a `top year` for the name Merle. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #307. Our records go back to 1880

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1950	721
1940	443
1930	438
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1890	307
1880	810