Merissa
Last seen for girls in 2019 at #13,799
- Peak · girls
- 1995 · 172 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,412since 1962
Merissa over time
Rank among girls' names. Merissa has never cracked the top 1,000 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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| rank | births | |
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| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 |
| 2011 | #6,335 | 20 |
| 2010 | #4,735 | 30 |
| 2009 | #4,370 | 34 |
| 2008 | #3,222 | 52 |
| 2007 | #2,684 | 68 |
| 2006 | #2,512 | 73 |
| 2005 | #2,314 | 77 |
| 2004 | #2,286 | 76 |
| 2003 | #2,106 | 83 |
| 2002 | #2,199 | 75 |
| 2001 | #1,995 | 85 |
| 2000 | #1,923 | 88 |
| 1999 | #1,804 | 88 |
| 1998 | #1,543 | 108 |
| 1997 | #1,496 | 109 |
| 1996 | #1,389 | 120 |
| 1995 | #1,045 | 172 |
| 1994 | #1,147 | 155 |
| 1993 | #1,085 | 167 |
| 1992 | #1,138 | 155 |
| 1991 | #1,122 | 158 |
| 1990 | #1,057 | 168 |
| 1989 | #1,085 | 155 |
| 1988 | #1,368 | 104 |
| 1987 | #1,172 | 125 |
| 1986 | #1,282 | 105 |
| 1985 | #1,740 | 65 |
| 1984 | #1,565 | 72 |
| 1983 | #1,715 | 63 |
| 1982 | #1,900 | 56 |
| 1981 | #1,867 | 58 |
| 1980 | #2,069 | 50 |
| 1979 | #1,605 | 70 |
| 1978 | #1,938 | 50 |
| 1977 | #1,717 | 60 |
| 1976 | #2,387 | 34 |
| 1975 | #2,811 | 26 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 |
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| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
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| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 |
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| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Merissa! It came in at #5,860, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1963–1964, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Merissa is popular in 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Ohio#952 · 1 in 8,834
- Michigan#990 · 1 in 8,660
- Pennsylvania#1,143 · 1 in 11,653
- Texas#1,361 · 1 in 12,717
- New York#1,383 · 1 in 12,625
Best ever in a state: #176 in New Mexico, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Ohio | #952 | 7 | 1 in 8,834 |
| Michigan | #990 | 6 | 1 in 8,660 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,143 | 5 | 1 in 11,653 |
| Texas | #1,361 | 11 | 1 in 12,717 |
| New York | #1,383 | 8 | 1 in 12,625 |
| California | #1,559 | 14 | 1 in 15,918 |
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See more about Merissa
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Debuted 1962
- Peaked 1995 at #1,045 (172 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 10,224 girls born in 1995 were named Merissa (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 279,728 girls born in 2019 (0.00%)
- 41.0% of all girls named Merissa (1,400) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17 | #5,817 (1965) | #6,160 |
| 1970s | 306 | #1,605 (1979) | #3,197 |
| 1980s | 853 | #1,085 (1989) | #1,576 |
| 1990s | 1,400 | #1,045 (1995) | #1,283 |
| 2000s | 711 | #1,923 (2000) | #2,561 |
| 2010s | 125 | #4,735 (2010) | #9,957 |
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.
Merissa in 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 15,970 of them was named Merissa, which outranked 90.7% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,490Kim110
- #1,490Marguerite110
- #1,490Niya110
- #1,496Merissa109
- #1,496Adina109
- #1,496Becca109
- #1,496Jaimee109
- #1,504Ceara108
- #1,504Danna108
- #1,504Deonna108
Tied with 7 names at #1,496; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.