Merita
- Last seen for girls in 1999 at #11,385
- Peak · girls
- 1940 · 28 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,121since 1912
Merita over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Merita 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 |
| 1964 | #2,600 | 23 |
| 1963 | #2,780 | 20 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 |
| 1961 | #2,543 | 23 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 |
| 1959 | #2,054 | 30 |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 |
| 1957 | #1,904 | 33 |
| 1956 | #1,796 | 35 |
| 1955 | #1,498 | 46 |
| 1954 | #1,949 | 29 |
| 1953 | #1,973 | 27 |
| 1952 | #2,023 | 25 |
| 1951 | #1,842 | 28 |
| 1950 | #1,871 | 26 |
| 1949 | #1,767 | 29 |
| 1948 | #1,778 | 28 |
| 1947 | #1,863 | 27 |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 |
| 1944 | #2,027 | 18 |
| 1943 | #1,791 | 23 |
| 1942 | #1,917 | 20 |
| 1941 | #1,696 | 22 |
| 1940 | #1,442 | 28 |
| 1939 | #1,684 | 21 |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 |
| 1937 | #1,493 | 25 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1934 | #1,834 | 18 |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 |
| 1932 | #1,754 | 20 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 |
| 1930 | #1,815 | 20 |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 |
| 1928 | #2,284 | 15 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 |
| 1911 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1912
The first year at least five girls were named Merita! It came in at #2,979, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1916, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Merita is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Merita in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Merita
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1999
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1940 at #1,442 (28 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 5 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 40,840
- Highest: 1 in 40,840 girls born in 1940 were named Merita (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 253,403 girls born in 1999 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 26.9% of all girls named Merita (302) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 22 | #2,979 (1912) | #3,780 |
| 1920s | 89 | #2,284 (1928) | #3,524 |
| 1930s | 176 | #1,493 (1937) | #1,945 |
| 1940s | 226 | #1,442 (1940) | #1,897 |
| 1950s | 302 | #1,498 (1955) | #1,929 |
| 1960s | 159 | #2,543 (1961) | #3,379 |
| 1970s | 64 | #3,712 (1970) | #7,053 |
| 1980s | 37 | #7,398 (1984) | #9,448 |
| 1990s | 46 | #9,017 (1997) | #11,436 |
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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