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.

Merinda

#10,277 most common girls' name of all time · #17,079 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1919–2006

Rank among girls
#10,277
Rank overall
#17,079 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
562
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1967 #2,741
Best rank
#2,741 1967
Girls Boys peak 21/yr
19201940196019802000

Merinda first appears in 1919. 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
2006 6 — 6 #15,307
1998 9 — 9 #9,373
1997 6 — 6 #12,250
1996 8 — 8 #9,707
1995 8 — 8 #9,663
1994 9 — 9 #8,930
1993 9 — 9 #8,814
1991 9 — 9 #8,697
1990 11 — 11 #7,407
1989 8 — 8 #8,886
1988 12 — 12 #6,356
1987 9 — 9 #7,462
1986 11 — 11 #6,255
1985 6 — 6 #9,520
1984 17 — 17 #4,368
1982 15 — 15 #4,769
1981 17 — 17 #4,399
1980 15 — 15 #4,810
1979 18 — 18 #4,099
1978 9 — 9 #6,510
1977 17 — 17 #4,109
1976 14 — 14 #4,440
1975 10 — 10 #5,635
1974 19 — 19 #3,477
1973 16 — 16 #3,837
1972 13 — 13 #4,373
1971 17 — 17 #3,694
1970 16 — 16 #3,765
1969 8 — 8 #5,602
1968 11 — 11 #4,312
1967 21 — 21 #2,741
1966 11 — 11 #4,050
1965 10 — 10 #4,327
1964 13 — 13 #3,775
1963 11 — 11 #4,122
1962 14 — 14 #3,497
1961 13 — 13 #3,688
1960 10 — 10 #4,306
1959 10 — 10 #4,153
1958 15 — 15 #3,167
1957 7 — 7 #5,104
1956 13 — 13 #3,409
1954 9 — 9 #4,135
1953 5 — 5 #6,022
1952 10 — 10 #3,691
1951 6 — 6 #5,105
1949 6 — 6 #4,972
1948 5 — 5 #5,613
1947 5 — 5 #5,654
1942 5 — 5 #5,049
1923 5 — 5 #5,510
1919 5 — 5 #5,493