Merriam
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1922 · 16 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 351since 1912
Merriam over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Merriam has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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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 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
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| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
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| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
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| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
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| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
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| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
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| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
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| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 |
| 1922 | #2,291 | 16 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five girls were named Merriam! It came in at #2,979, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1930–1931, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Merriam is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Merriam in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Merriam
Momentum · girls
Brand new
Rise & fade · girls
10 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1922 at #2,291 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1926, 4 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 75,063
- Highest: 1 in 75,063 girls born in 1922 were named Merriam (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 27.4% of all girls named Merriam (96) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 72 | #2,519 (1918) | #2,840 |
| 1920s | 96 | #2,291 (1922) | #3,347 |
| 1930s | 55 | #2,567 (1934) | #3,677 |
| 1940s | 64 | #2,447 (1943) | #3,729 |
| 1950s | 32 | #4,833 (1951) | #5,447 |
| 1960s | 5 | #6,567 (1961) | #6,567 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 5 | #14,411 (1999) | #14,411 |
| 2000s | 11 | #15,152 (2006) | #15,807 |
| 2010s | 6 | #13,793 (2018) | #13,793 |
| 2020s | 5 | #14,942 (2025) | #14,942 |
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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