Merri
Last seen for girls in 2012 at #16,869
- Peak · girls
- 1963 · 157 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,170since 1920
Merri over time
Rank among girls' names. Merri has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
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| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
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| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 |
| 1991 | #4,497 | 22 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 |
| 1982 | #3,017 | 29 |
| 1981 | #3,340 | 25 |
| 1980 | #2,866 | 31 |
| 1979 | #3,147 | 26 |
| 1978 | #2,942 | 27 |
| 1977 | #2,381 | 37 |
| 1976 | #2,210 | 38 |
| 1975 | #2,097 | 41 |
| 1974 | #2,616 | 28 |
| 1973 | #2,223 | 35 |
| 1972 | #1,607 | 56 |
| 1971 | #1,686 | 54 |
| 1970 | #1,354 | 77 |
| 1969 | #1,453 | 65 |
| 1968 | #1,236 | 78 |
| 1967 | #1,097 | 90 |
| 1966 | #1,078 | 95 |
| 1965 | #1,070 | 96 |
| 1964 | #890 | 136 |
| 1963 | #833 | 157 |
| 1962 | #873 | 144 |
| 1961 | #916 | 139 |
| 1960 | #849 | 150 |
| 1959 | #871 | 140 |
| 1958 | #961 | 115 |
| 1957 | #939 | 120 |
| 1956 | #940 | 115 |
| 1955 | #858 | 128 |
| 1954 | #872 | 120 |
| 1953 | #1,018 | 89 |
| 1952 | #1,185 | 64 |
| 1951 | #1,277 | 53 |
| 1950 | #1,333 | 47 |
| 1949 | #1,220 | 55 |
| 1948 | #1,473 | 39 |
| 1947 | #1,488 | 40 |
| 1946 | #1,617 | 30 |
| 1945 | #1,874 | 20 |
| 1944 | #1,808 | 22 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 |
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| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 |
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| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Merri! It came in at #3,957, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1928, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Merri is popular in 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Ohio#568 · 1 in 8,948
- New York#602 · 1 in 8,671
- Florida#642 · 1 in 8,599
- Illinois#781 · 1 in 14,987
- Michigan#860 · 1 in 18,798
Best ever in a state: #252 in Idaho, 1955.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Ohio | #568 | 12 | 1 in 8,948 |
| New York | #602 | 19 | 1 in 8,671 |
| Florida | #642 | 5 | 1 in 8,599 |
| Illinois | #781 | 7 | 1 in 14,987 |
| Michigan | #860 | 5 | 1 in 18,798 |
| California | #914 | 10 | 1 in 15,642 |
| Texas | #1,125 | 6 | 1 in 19,138 |
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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 Merri
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
- Biggest jump: 146 spots in 1954 (#1,018 → #872)
- Biggest drop: 180 spots in 1965 (#890 → #1,070)
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 1963 at #833 (157 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1954–1964
- Highest: 1 in 12,277 girls born in 1963 were named Merri (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 352,211 girls born in 2012 (0.00%)
- 36.3% of all girls named Merri (1,150) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 13 | #3,957 (1920) | #4,005 |
| 1930s | 18 | #3,434 (1937) | #3,844 |
| 1940s | 248 | #1,220 (1949) | #2,207 |
| 1950s | 991 | #858 (1955) | #1,025 |
| 1960s | 1,150 | #833 (1963) | #1,030 |
| 1970s | 419 | #1,354 (1970) | #2,226 |
| 1980s | 202 | #2,866 (1980) | #4,353 |
| 1990s | 99 | #4,497 (1991) | #9,296 |
| 2000s | 25 | #11,801 (2000) | #13,951 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,869 (2012) | #16,869 |
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.
Merri in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 17,458 of them was named Merri, which outranked 86.4% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).