Quick answers about Merrilee
How many people are named Merrilee?
An estimated 1,106 living Americans are named Merrilee.
How rare is Merrilee?
Merrilee fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Merrilee?
The median age of a living American named Merrilee is approximately 67 years, with most bearers falling between 55 and 74 years old.
Is Merrilee still popular?
Not especially. Merrilee has been declining since its 1942 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Merrilee most common?
Merrilee has its strongest geographic signal in Washington, where it appears 6.8× more often than the national baseline.
1923Peak 19422025
Where it lives now
Merrilee is most concentrated in California — about 1.8× the national rate in the 1950s.
States where Merrilee is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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