Mertie
Last seen for girls in 1963 at #5,891
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 38 births
- Debut · girls
- 18 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,830since 1880
Mertie over time
Rank among girls' names. Mertie has never cracked the top 200 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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| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
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| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 |
| 1940 | #1,549 | 25 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 |
| 1938 | #1,475 | 26 |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 |
| 1934 | #1,651 | 21 |
| 1933 | #1,552 | 23 |
| 1932 | #1,448 | 27 |
| 1931 | #1,635 | 22 |
| 1930 | #2,110 | 16 |
| 1929 | #1,642 | 23 |
| 1928 | #1,680 | 24 |
| 1927 | #1,456 | 31 |
| 1926 | #1,623 | 26 |
| 1925 | #1,324 | 36 |
| 1924 | #1,811 | 23 |
| 1923 | #1,428 | 32 |
| 1922 | #1,190 | 42 |
| 1921 | #1,258 | 38 |
| 1920 | #1,407 | 32 |
| 1919 | #1,103 | 44 |
| 1918 | #1,073 | 46 |
| 1917 | #1,110 | 41 |
| 1916 | #1,167 | 37 |
| 1915 | #1,055 | 40 |
| 1914 | #1,262 | 24 |
| 1913 | #1,358 | 18 |
| 1912 | #1,080 | 23 |
| 1911 | #898 | 23 |
| 1910 | #1,069 | 17 |
| 1909 | #761 | 28 |
| 1908 | #809 | 23 |
| 1907 | #898 | 18 |
| 1906 | #845 | 19 |
| 1905 | #664 | 28 |
| 1904 | #653 | 28 |
| 1903 | #813 | 18 |
| 1902 | #734 | 22 |
| 1901 | #547 | 31 |
| 1900 | #605 | 34 |
| 1899 | #644 | 23 |
| 1898 | #650 | 25 |
| 1897 | #644 | 23 |
| 1896 | #553 | 30 |
| 1895 | #513 | 33 |
| 1894 | #527 | 30 |
| 1893 | #487 | 31 |
| 1892 | #510 | 28 |
| 1891 | #524 | 24 |
| 1890 | #475 | 30 |
| 1889 | #516 | 24 |
| 1888 | #458 | 29 |
| 1887 | #360 | 36 |
| 1886 | #365 | 34 |
| 1885 | #324 | 39 |
| 1884 | #295 | 42 |
| 1883 | #291 | 36 |
| 1882 | #287 | 38 |
| 1881 | #290 | 29 |
| 1880 | #388 | 18 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Mertie was already there! It came in at #388, and was given to 18 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1951–1952, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Mertie is popular in 1899
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Mertie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1963
- Biggest jump: 171 spots in 1911 (#1,069 → #898)
- Biggest drop: 308 spots in 1910 (#761 → #1,069)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #287 (38 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1880–1909
- Highest: 1 in 2,838 girls born in 1882 were named Mertie (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,251 girls born in 1963 (0.00%)
- 17.8% of all girls named Mertie (325) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 325 | #287 (1882) | #357 |
| 1890s | 277 | #475 (1890) | #553 |
| 1900s | 249 | #547 (1901) | #733 |
| 1910s | 313 | #898 (1911) | #1,118 |
| 1920s | 307 | #1,190 (1922) | #1,482 |
| 1930s | 189 | #1,448 (1932) | #1,892 |
| 1940s | 128 | #1,549 (1940) | #2,894 |
| 1950s | 36 | #3,967 (1954) | #5,157 |
| 1960s | 6 | #5,891 (1963) | #5,891 |
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.
Mertie in 1899
Top girls' names in 1899
More about 1899
girls
233,022 girls got a published name in 1899; 1 in 10,131 of them was named Mertie, which outranked 65.0% of the 1,842 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #629Rubie24
- #629Valeria24
- #629Verona24
- #644Mertie23
- #644Anastasia23
- #644Carmella23
- #644Charles23
- #664Aletha22
- #664Bennie22
- #664Bridget22
Tied with 19 names at #644; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.