Merica
- Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 19 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 229since 1920
Merica over time
Rank among girls' names. Merica has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 6 girls in 1920, 5 girls in 1935 (see the data table).
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 |
| 1976 | #3,540 | 19 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
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| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 |
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| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
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| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 |
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| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Merica! It came in at #4,398, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1962, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Merica is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Merica in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Merica
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 1976 at #3,540 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 77,110 girls born in 1976 were named Merica (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 323,310 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
- 27.5% of all girls named Merica (63) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #4,398 (1920) | #4,398 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,204 (1935) | #4,204 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 12 | #5,817 (1965) | #5,854 |
| 1970s | 63 | #3,540 (1976) | #6,654 |
| 1980s | 56 | #6,031 (1985) | #8,961 |
| 1990s | 44 | #9,247 (1990) | #11,787 |
| 2000s | 27 | #11,108 (2002) | #13,118 |
| 2010s | 11 | #14,582 (2013) | #15,501 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,088 (2020) | #15,088 |
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.
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