Merida
- #2,645 for girls in 2025, 65 births
- Last seen for boys in 1880 at #909
- Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Around 2012: Brave (film)
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2017 · 116 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,567since 1916
Merida over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Merida has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,645 | 65 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,434 | 74 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,646 | 66 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,319 | 80 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,103 | 90 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,034 | 91 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,170 | 85 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,190 | 85 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,792 | 116 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,956 | 102 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,996 | 99 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,940 | 103 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,834 | 110 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
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| 2008 | — | — | ||
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| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | — | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | — | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | — | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | — | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | — | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | — | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | — | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | — | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | — | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | — | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | — | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | — | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | — | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | — | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | — | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | — | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | — | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | — | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
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| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | — | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
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| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
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| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | — | |
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| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
First appearance
1916
The first year at least five girls were named Merida! It came in at #3,919, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1928, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Merida is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Florida#1,887 · 1 in 14,460
- Texas#1,902 · 1 in 14,595
- California#1,948 · 1 in 16,172
Best ever in a state: #698 in Utah, 2013.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | #1,887 | 6 | 1 in 14,460 |
| Texas | #1,902 | 11 | 1 in 14,595 |
| California | #1,948 | 10 | 1 in 16,172 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Illinois | — | — | — |
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| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Merida
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 611 spots since 2020 (#2,034 → #2,645)
Rise & fade · girls
101 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 2017 at #1,792 (116 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,883
- Highest: 1 in 14,883 girls born in 2017 were named Merida (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 24,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 45.9% of all girls named Merida (719) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,919 (1916) | #3,919 |
| 1920s | 17 | #3,682 (1929) | #4,614 |
| 1930s | 46 | #2,735 (1937) | #3,678 |
| 1940s | 65 | #2,850 (1949) | #3,644 |
| 1950s | 50 | #3,489 (1957) | #4,300 |
| 1960s | 66 | #4,222 (1968) | #4,985 |
| 1970s | 59 | #4,793 (1972) | #6,735 |
| 1980s | 43 | #5,912 (1980) | #8,786 |
| 1990s | 20 | #9,581 (1996) | #11,006 |
| 2000s | 10 | #15,352 (2001) | #15,392 |
| 2010s | 719 | #1,792 (2017) | #2,557 |
| 2020s | 466 | #2,034 (2020) | #2,364 |
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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