Popularity in Belgium
Numbers
| Merel (feminine) | |||
| Year | Rank | Times Used | |
| 2023 | - | - | |
| 2022 | - | - | |
| 2021 | - | - | |
| 2020 | - | - | |
| 2019 | - | - | |
| 2018 | - | - | |
| 2017 | #173 | 59 | |
| 2016 | #186 | 56 | |
| 2015 | - | - | |
| 2014 | #177 | 57 | |
| 2013 | #148 | 71 | |
| 2012 | #140 | 75 | |
| 2011 | #116 | 89 | |
| 2010 | #91 | 110 | |
| 2009 | #92 | 106 | |
| 2008 | #99 | 102 | |
| 2007 | #77 | 122 | |
| 2006 | #66 | 149 | |
| 2005 | #44 | 191 | |
| 2004 | #52 | 170 | |
| 2003 | #55 | 153 | |
| 2002 | #48 | 173 | |
| 2001 | #61 | 143 | |
| 2000 | #107 | 99 | |
| 1999 | #172 | 62 | |
| 1998 | - | - | |
| 1997 | - | - | |
| 1996 | - | - | |
| 1995 | - | - | |
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