Merrie
Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099
- Peak · girls
- 1950 · 91 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,632since 1909
Merrie over time
Rank among girls' names. Merrie has never cracked the top 900 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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| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 |
| 1971 | #2,427 | 31 |
| 1970 | #2,240 | 35 |
| 1969 | #2,023 | 38 |
| 1968 | #2,164 | 31 |
| 1967 | #1,682 | 46 |
| 1966 | #1,736 | 42 |
| 1965 | #1,595 | 49 |
| 1964 | #1,361 | 68 |
| 1963 | #1,361 | 66 |
| 1962 | #1,456 | 58 |
| 1961 | #1,375 | 66 |
| 1960 | #1,236 | 78 |
| 1959 | #978 | 117 |
| 1958 | #1,203 | 78 |
| 1957 | #1,344 | 62 |
| 1956 | #977 | 107 |
| 1955 | #1,095 | 84 |
| 1954 | #969 | 100 |
| 1953 | #1,040 | 86 |
| 1952 | #997 | 89 |
| 1951 | #1,190 | 61 |
| 1950 | #937 | 91 |
| 1949 | #1,121 | 65 |
| 1948 | #1,116 | 64 |
| 1947 | #1,086 | 67 |
| 1946 | #1,058 | 64 |
| 1945 | #1,032 | 56 |
| 1944 | #1,090 | 51 |
| 1943 | #1,169 | 48 |
| 1942 | #1,413 | 33 |
| 1941 | #1,501 | 27 |
| 1940 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1939 | #2,125 | 15 |
| 1938 | #1,413 | 28 |
| 1937 | #1,735 | 20 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 18 |
| 1935 | #2,006 | 16 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 |
| 1928 | #2,023 | 18 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 |
| 1925 | #2,283 | 16 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
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| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Merrie! It came in at #2,208, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1914, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Merrie is popular in 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#524 · 1 in 5,727
- Michigan#657 · 1 in 11,749
- Pennsylvania#700 · 1 in 14,473
- Ohio#712 · 1 in 13,421
- New York#933 · 1 in 20,594
Best ever in a state: #310 in Washington, 1948.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #524 | 5 | 1 in 5,727 |
| Michigan | #657 | 8 | 1 in 11,749 |
| Pennsylvania | #700 | 8 | 1 in 14,473 |
| Ohio | #712 | 8 | 1 in 13,421 |
| New York | #933 | 8 | 1 in 20,594 |
| California | #969 | 9 | 1 in 17,380 |
| Texas | #1,125 | 6 | 1 in 19,138 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Merrie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2004
- Biggest jump: 225 spots in 1959 (#1,203 → #978)
- Biggest drop: 367 spots in 1957 (#977 → #1,344)
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1950 at #937 (91 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · 1950–1959
- Highest: 1 in 17,295 girls born in 1959 were named Merrie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 367,250 girls born in 2004 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #937 in 1950, was only 1 in 18,825 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 33.2% of all girls named Merrie (875) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,208 (1909) | #2,208 |
| 1910s | 45 | #2,204 (1917) | #2,916 |
| 1920s | 138 | #2,023 (1928) | #2,538 |
| 1930s | 138 | #1,413 (1938) | #2,570 |
| 1940s | 495 | #1,032 (1945) | #1,238 |
| 1950s | 875 | #937 (1950) | #1,073 |
| 1960s | 542 | #1,236 (1960) | #1,599 |
| 1970s | 230 | #2,240 (1970) | #3,243 |
| 1980s | 84 | #4,517 (1980) | #6,601 |
| 1990s | 60 | #7,303 (1990) | #10,738 |
| 2000s | 20 | #15,031 (2000) | #15,479 |
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.
Merrie in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 18,764 of them was named Merrie, which outranked 85.8% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #969Suellen108
- #969Toby108
- #969Veda108
- #977Merrie107
- #977Adrian107
- #977Annamarie107
- #977Carolina107
- #988Babette106
- #988Beryl106
- #988Bobby106
Tied with 10 names at #977; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.