Merdith**
#14,310 most common boys' name of all time · #37,012 across all names · 50% male / 50% female · used 1915–1988 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#14,310
Rank overall
#37,012 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
19 of 146
All-time
125
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1927 #3,381
Best rank
#3,107 1938
Girls
Boys
peak 14/yr
Merdith first appears in 1915. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1971 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,987 |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,793 |
| 1938 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,107 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1936 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,879 |
| 1934 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1933 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #3,961 |
| 1930 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1927 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #3,381 |
| 1925 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,606 |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,623 |
| 1921 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,778 |
| 1918 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1917 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1915 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,297 |