Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Merari

#5,729 most common girls' name of all time · #9,700 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1953–2025

Rank among girls
#5,729
Rank overall
#9,700 of 105,966
First appeared
1953
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
1,370
Since 2016
189
Peak year
2004 #2,537
Best rank
#2,537 2004
Girls Boys peak 66/yr
1960198020002020

Merari first appears in 1953. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 10 — 10 #9,585
2024 13 — 13 #8,063
2023 21 — 21 #5,803
2022 25 — 25 #5,207
2021 10 — 10 #9,724
2020 22 — 22 #5,530
2019 25 — 25 #5,198
2018 27 5 32 #4,917
2017 11 — 11 #9,447
2016 20 — 20 #6,239
2015 23 — 23 #5,691
2014 28 — 28 #4,922
2013 37 — 37 #4,028
2012 36 5 41 #4,143
2011 35 5 40 #4,176
2010 50 — 50 #3,269
2009 51 — 51 #3,272
2008 52 — 52 #3,237
2007 61 — 61 #2,942
2006 51 — 51 #3,234
2005 54 — 54 #2,983
2004 66 — 66 #2,537
2003 37 — 37 #3,750
2002 60 — 60 #2,590
2001 47 — 47 #3,023
2000 47 — 47 #2,990
1999 36 — 36 #3,470
1998 28 — 28 #4,060
1997 27 6 33 #4,045
1996 24 — 24 #4,362
1995 26 — 26 #4,019
1994 20 — 20 #4,896
1993 25 — 25 #4,159
1992 26 — 26 #4,010
1991 23 — 23 #4,388
1990 21 — 21 #4,586
1989 21 — 21 #4,420
1988 12 — 12 #6,399
1987 10 — 10 #6,972
1986 15 — 15 #5,057
1984 12 — 12 #5,688
1982 10 — 10 #6,548
1980 16 — 16 #4,616
1979 9 — 9 #6,922
1978 7 — 7 #7,962
1977 11 — 11 #5,690
1976 11 — 11 #5,397
1975 11 — 11 #5,331
1974 5 — 5 #9,250
1973 9 — 9 #5,818
1970 5 — 5 #8,552
1969 5 — 5 #7,993
1953 5 — 5 #6,455