Merina
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 19 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 338since 1965
Merina over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Merina has never cracked the top 5,000 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
| 2010 | — | |
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| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
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| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
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| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
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| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
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| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
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| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
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First appearance
1965
The first year at least five girls were named Merina! It came in at #6,539, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1965–1970, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Merina is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Merina in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1965
- Peaked 1998 at #5,363 (19 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 3 yrs later
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 92,997
- Highest: 1 in 92,997 girls born in 1998 were named Merina (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 43.2% of all girls named Merina (146) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #6,539 (1965) | #6,539 |
| 1970s | 11 | #7,388 (1971) | #7,692 |
| 1980s | 29 | #7,353 (1987) | #8,706 |
| 1990s | 146 | #5,363 (1998) | #6,289 |
| 2000s | 76 | #6,808 (2000) | #11,096 |
| 2010s | 55 | #11,615 (2017) | #14,474 |
| 2020s | 16 | #13,477 (2024) | #14,678 |
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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