Merida
#5,226 most common girls' name of all time · #8,850 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#5,226
Rank overall
#8,850 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
1,572
Since 2016
854
Peak year
2017 #1,795
Best rank
#1,795 2017
Girls
Boys
peak 116/yr
Merida is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | — | 65 | #2,650 |
| 2024 | 74 | — | 74 | #2,439 |
| 2023 | 66 | — | 66 | #2,648 |
| 2022 | 80 | — | 80 | #2,321 |
| 2021 | 90 | — | 90 | #2,104 |
| 2020 | 91 | — | 91 | #2,034 |
| 2019 | 85 | — | 85 | #2,170 |
| 2018 | 85 | — | 85 | #2,190 |
| 2017 | 116 | — | 116 | #1,795 |
| 2016 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,956 |
| 2015 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,998 |
| 2014 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,941 |
| 2013 | 110 | — | 110 | #1,835 |
| 2012 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,588 |
| 2002 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,472 |
| 2001 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,397 |
| 1996 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,605 |
| 1992 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,510 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,008 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,427 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,719 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,179 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,319 |
| 1981 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,342 |
| 1980 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,935 |
| 1979 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,217 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,687 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,714 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,195 |
| 1975 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,545 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,210 |
| 1972 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1968 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,244 |
| 1967 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,087 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,518 |
| 1965 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,519 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,806 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,561 |
| 1961 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,912 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,459 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,660 |
| 1957 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,511 |
| 1956 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,862 |
| 1953 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,264 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,949 |
| 1951 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,730 |
| 1949 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,865 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,230 |
| 1947 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,372 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,062 |
| 1943 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,464 |
| 1941 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,593 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,890 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,813 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,374 |
| 1937 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,760 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,411 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,244 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,438 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,941 |
| 1929 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,711 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,104 |
| 1921 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,140 |
| 1916 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1880 | — | 5 | 5 | — |