Merinda
- Last seen for girls in 2006 at #15,152
- Peak · girls
- 1967 · 21 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 562since 1919
Merinda over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Merinda has never cracked the top 2,000 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 | — | |
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| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
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| 2002 | — | |
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| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 |
| 1977 | #4,069 | 17 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | #3,426 | 19 |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 |
| 1971 | #3,652 | 17 |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 |
| 1967 | #2,706 | 21 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
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| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 |
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| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 |
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| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 |
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First appearance
1919
The first year at least five girls were named Merinda! It came in at #4,814, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1948, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Merinda is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Merinda 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 2006
Rise & fade · girls
48 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1967 at #2,706 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 2 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 77,239
- Highest: 1 in 77,239 girls born in 1974 were named Merinda (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 316,868 girls born in 2006 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,706 in 1967, was only 1 in 78,620 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 26.5% of all girls named Merinda (149) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,814 (1919) | #4,814 |
| 1920s | 5 | #4,967 (1923) | #4,967 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 21 | #4,622 (1942) | #4,958 |
| 1950s | 75 | #3,085 (1958) | #4,173 |
| 1960s | 122 | #2,706 (1967) | #3,949 |
| 1970s | 149 | #3,426 (1974) | #4,326 |
| 1980s | 110 | #4,318 (1984) | #6,219 |
| 1990s | 69 | #7,303 (1990) | #9,235 |
| 2000s | 6 | #15,152 (2006) | #15,152 |
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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