Merry
#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births
- Peak · girls
- 1948 · 307 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,369since 1898
Merry over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Merry has never cracked the top 400 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 | #10,107 | 9 |
| 2024 | #6,932 | 16 |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 |
| 2016 | #4,423 | 32 |
| 2015 | #5,458 | 24 |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 |
| 2013 | #5,644 | 23 |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 |
| 2010 | #5,977 | 22 |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 |
| 2008 | #5,955 | 23 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 |
| 2006 | #6,356 | 20 |
| 2005 | #5,600 | 22 |
| 2004 | #4,492 | 30 |
| 2003 | #6,055 | 19 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 |
| 1999 | #4,201 | 27 |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 |
| 1996 | #3,505 | 32 |
| 1995 | #3,492 | 31 |
| 1994 | #2,848 | 42 |
| 1993 | #4,524 | 22 |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 |
| 1991 | #2,790 | 42 |
| 1990 | #3,227 | 34 |
| 1989 | #3,253 | 32 |
| 1988 | #2,987 | 34 |
| 1987 | #2,360 | 44 |
| 1986 | #3,203 | 28 |
| 1985 | #2,048 | 52 |
| 1984 | #2,299 | 42 |
| 1983 | #1,770 | 60 |
| 1982 | #2,150 | 47 |
| 1981 | #2,009 | 52 |
| 1980 | #2,218 | 45 |
| 1979 | #1,952 | 53 |
| 1978 | #1,690 | 62 |
| 1977 | #2,002 | 48 |
| 1976 | #1,912 | 47 |
| 1975 | #1,640 | 59 |
| 1974 | #1,399 | 73 |
| 1973 | #1,527 | 61 |
| 1972 | #1,414 | 69 |
| 1971 | #1,148 | 101 |
| 1970 | #997 | 125 |
| 1969 | #943 | 127 |
| 1968 | #1,056 | 99 |
| 1967 | #843 | 144 |
| 1966 | #960 | 112 |
| 1965 | #778 | 163 |
| 1964 | #692 | 221 |
| 1963 | #707 | 207 |
| 1962 | #698 | 218 |
| 1961 | #626 | 268 |
| 1960 | #600 | 274 |
| 1959 | #589 | 284 |
| 1958 | #634 | 240 |
| 1957 | #611 | 255 |
| 1956 | #543 | 297 |
| 1955 | #505 | 334 |
| 1954 | #469 | 355 |
| 1953 | #473 | 328 |
| 1952 | #469 | 323 |
| 1951 | #510 | 264 |
| 1950 | #474 | 292 |
| 1949 | #477 | 284 |
| 1948 | #455 | 307 |
| 1947 | #475 | 300 |
| 1946 | #474 | 276 |
| 1945 | #499 | 214 |
| 1944 | #507 | 202 |
| 1943 | #500 | 221 |
| 1942 | #526 | 200 |
| 1941 | #651 | 118 |
| 1940 | #632 | 124 |
| 1939 | #668 | 103 |
| 1938 | #701 | 96 |
| 1937 | #720 | 88 |
| 1936 | #921 | 55 |
| 1935 | #855 | 65 |
| 1934 | #831 | 67 |
| 1933 | #937 | 53 |
| 1932 | #979 | 52 |
| 1931 | #1,092 | 42 |
| 1930 | #1,181 | 40 |
| 1929 | #1,282 | 34 |
| 1928 | #1,136 | 45 |
| 1927 | #1,233 | 40 |
| 1926 | #1,148 | 44 |
| 1925 | #1,119 | 47 |
| 1924 | #1,123 | 48 |
| 1923 | #907 | 65 |
| 1922 | #1,022 | 54 |
| 1921 | #987 | 57 |
| 1920 | #931 | 61 |
| 1919 | #1,042 | 48 |
| 1918 | #1,451 | 29 |
| 1917 | #1,241 | 34 |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 |
| 1914 | #1,603 | 17 |
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 |
| 1912 | #1,352 | 16 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 |
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| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
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First appearance
1898
The first year at least five girls were named Merry! It came in at #1,700, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1898–1903, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Merry is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Minnesota#365 · 1 in 3,864
- Georgia#386 · 1 in 2,970
- Oregon#399 · 1 in 3,114
- Michigan#413 · 1 in 4,344
- Colorado#475 · 1 in 3,975
Best ever in a state: #169 in North Dakota, 1952.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #365 | 10 | 1 in 3,864 |
| Georgia | #386 | 15 | 1 in 2,970 |
| Oregon | #399 | 5 | 1 in 3,114 |
| Michigan | #413 | 20 | 1 in 4,344 |
| Colorado | #475 | 5 | 1 in 3,975 |
| North Carolina | #482 | 10 | 1 in 4,877 |
| Washington | #483 | 6 | 1 in 4,634 |
| Mississippi | #484 | 6 | 1 in 4,137 |
| Illinois | #491 | 20 | 1 in 5,331 |
| Missouri | #491 | 8 | 1 in 5,537 |
| Alabama | #503 | 7 | 1 in 4,908 |
| Maryland | #529 | 5 | 1 in 6,065 |
| Wisconsin | #534 | 5 | 1 in 8,839 |
| Florida | #543 | 9 | 1 in 5,563 |
| Tennessee | #546 | 6 | 1 in 6,035 |
| Pennsylvania | #651 | 10 | 1 in 11,105 |
| Ohio | #655 | 11 | 1 in 9,476 |
| Indiana | #656 | 5 | 1 in 9,981 |
| California | #679 | 23 | 1 in 7,614 |
| Louisiana | #694 | 5 | 1 in 7,609 |
| Texas | #774 | 13 | 1 in 8,597 |
| New York | #796 | 13 | 1 in 12,921 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 3,175 spots since 2024 (#6,932 → #10,107)
- 3,478 spots since 2020 (#6,629 → #10,107)
- 4,649 spots since 2015 (#5,458 → #10,107)
- Biggest jump: 201 spots in 1937 (#921 → #720)
- Biggest drop: 216 spots in 1924 (#907 → #1,123)
Rise & fade · girls
50 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1948 at #455 (307 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 41 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1932–1967
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,470
- Highest: 1 in 5,470 girls born in 1954 were named Merry (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #455 in 1948, was only 1 in 5,531 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 28.7% of all girls named Merry (2,972) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,700 (1898) | #1,700 |
| 1900s | 30 | #1,607 (1909) | #1,802 |
| 1910s | 209 | #1,042 (1919) | #1,612 |
| 1920s | 495 | #907 (1923) | #1,089 |
| 1930s | 661 | #668 (1939) | #889 |
| 1940s | 2,246 | #455 (1948) | #520 |
| 1950s | 2,972 | #469 (1954) | #528 |
| 1960s | 1,833 | #600 (1960) | #790 |
| 1970s | 698 | #997 (1970) | #1,568 |
| 1980s | 436 | #1,770 (1983) | #2,430 |
| 1990s | 293 | #2,790 (1991) | #3,908 |
| 2000s | 200 | #4,492 (2004) | #6,295 |
| 2010s | 206 | #4,423 (2016) | #6,274 |
| 2020s | 85 | #6,629 (2020) | #7,827 |
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.
Merry in 1961
girls
#626
268 births · 1 in 7,532 girls
Top girls' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 7,532 of them was named Merry, which outranked 91.7% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Merry
Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.