Merna
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #11,122
- Peak · girls
- 1930 · 79 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,461since 1895
Merna over time
Rank among girls' names. Merna has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 |
| 2020 | #7,559 | 14 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 |
| 2016 | #8,393 | 13 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 |
| 1960 | #2,649 | 21 |
| 1959 | #2,869 | 17 |
| 1958 | #2,755 | 18 |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 |
| 1956 | #2,622 | 19 |
| 1955 | #2,108 | 26 |
| 1954 | #2,450 | 20 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 |
| 1952 | #1,892 | 28 |
| 1951 | #1,842 | 28 |
| 1950 | #2,053 | 22 |
| 1949 | #2,013 | 23 |
| 1948 | #2,070 | 22 |
| 1947 | #1,790 | 29 |
| 1946 | #1,647 | 29 |
| 1945 | #1,543 | 28 |
| 1944 | #1,224 | 42 |
| 1943 | #1,492 | 31 |
| 1942 | #1,533 | 29 |
| 1941 | #1,335 | 33 |
| 1940 | #997 | 51 |
| 1939 | #960 | 54 |
| 1938 | #984 | 52 |
| 1937 | #940 | 54 |
| 1936 | #968 | 50 |
| 1935 | #912 | 57 |
| 1934 | #804 | 70 |
| 1933 | #878 | 59 |
| 1932 | #1,015 | 48 |
| 1931 | #899 | 59 |
| 1930 | #795 | 79 |
| 1929 | #814 | 75 |
| 1928 | #888 | 68 |
| 1927 | #1,071 | 51 |
| 1926 | #1,023 | 53 |
| 1925 | #1,225 | 40 |
| 1924 | #1,046 | 55 |
| 1923 | #1,065 | 51 |
| 1922 | #1,114 | 47 |
| 1921 | #1,298 | 36 |
| 1920 | #1,062 | 49 |
| 1919 | #1,242 | 37 |
| 1918 | #969 | 55 |
| 1917 | #964 | 52 |
| 1916 | #1,210 | 35 |
| 1915 | #1,140 | 36 |
| 1914 | #1,080 | 31 |
| 1913 | #1,020 | 28 |
| 1912 | #1,117 | 22 |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 |
| 1910 | #1,207 | 14 |
| 1909 | #1,104 | 14 |
| 1908 | #939 | 18 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 |
| 1903 | #969 | 13 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,067 | 10 |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Merna! It came in at #1,592, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1895–1897, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Merna is popular in 1931
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Nebraska#274 · 1 in 2,142
- Iowa#337 · 1 in 3,661
- Illinois#581 · 1 in 10,547
- New York#679 · 1 in 18,125
Best ever in a state: #147 in Nebraska, 1927.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #274 | 5 | 1 in 2,142 |
| Iowa | #337 | 5 | 1 in 3,661 |
| Illinois | #581 | 5 | 1 in 10,547 |
| New York | #679 | 5 | 1 in 18,125 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Merna
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 246 spots in 1917 (#1,210 → #964)
- Biggest drop: 517 spots in 1904 (#969 → #1,486)
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1930 at #795 (79 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1933–1940
- Highest: 1 in 14,252 girls born in 1930 were named Merna (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 202,524 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 23.6% of all girls named Merna (582) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 27 | #1,171 (1898) | #1,382 |
| 1900s | 78 | #939 (1908) | #1,207 |
| 1910s | 323 | #964 (1917) | #1,125 |
| 1920s | 525 | #814 (1929) | #1,061 |
| 1930s | 582 | #795 (1930) | #916 |
| 1940s | 317 | #997 (1940) | #1,564 |
| 1950s | 214 | #1,842 (1951) | #2,414 |
| 1960s | 100 | #2,649 (1960) | #4,663 |
| 1970s | 18 | #6,900 (1974) | #7,570 |
| 1980s | 7 | #8,224 (1982) | #8,224 |
| 1990s | 43 | #8,766 (1995) | #10,781 |
| 2000s | 88 | #7,207 (2003) | #9,847 |
| 2010s | 87 | #7,840 (2017) | #10,707 |
| 2020s | 52 | #7,559 (2020) | #9,680 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Merna in 1931
Top girls' names in 1931
More about 1931
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1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 18,046 of them was named Merna, which outranked 81.9% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).