Meryl
6
Babies in 2024
+20%
10-year change
1997
Peak · 9
—
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Meryl
Meryl peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (9 babies in 1997) and has remained in active use — 6 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Meryl reached its peak in 1997, when 9 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,802 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 6 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 14 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 70 girls have been officially registered with the name Meryl in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 33 girls were registered with the name, starting from 5 in 2014 and ending at 6 in 2024.