Merissa
#3,168 most common girls' name of all time · #5,420 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1962–2019
Rank among girls
#3,168
Rank overall
#5,420 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
3,412
Since 2016
30
Peak year
1995 #1,047
Best rank
#1,047 1995
Girls
Boys
peak 172/yr
Merissa first appears in 1962. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,091 |
| 2018 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,717 |
| 2017 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,442 |
| 2016 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,045 |
| 2015 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,064 |
| 2014 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,141 |
| 2013 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,693 |
| 2012 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,903 |
| 2011 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,396 |
| 2010 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,765 |
| 2009 | 34 | — | 34 | #4,407 |
| 2008 | 52 | — | 52 | #3,240 |
| 2007 | 68 | — | 68 | #2,699 |
| 2006 | 73 | — | 73 | #2,523 |
| 2005 | 77 | — | 77 | #2,325 |
| 2004 | 76 | — | 76 | #2,300 |
| 2003 | 83 | — | 83 | #2,117 |
| 2002 | 75 | — | 75 | #2,209 |
| 2001 | 85 | — | 85 | #2,006 |
| 2000 | 88 | — | 88 | #1,930 |
| 1999 | 88 | — | 88 | #1,818 |
| 1998 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,547 |
| 1997 | 109 | — | 109 | #1,502 |
| 1996 | 120 | — | 120 | #1,390 |
| 1995 | 172 | — | 172 | #1,047 |
| 1994 | 155 | — | 155 | #1,151 |
| 1993 | 167 | — | 167 | #1,088 |
| 1992 | 155 | — | 155 | #1,142 |
| 1991 | 158 | — | 158 | #1,127 |
| 1990 | 168 | — | 168 | #1,061 |
| 1989 | 155 | — | 155 | #1,087 |
| 1988 | 104 | — | 104 | #1,372 |
| 1987 | 125 | — | 125 | #1,178 |
| 1986 | 105 | — | 105 | #1,289 |
| 1985 | 65 | — | 65 | #1,752 |
| 1984 | 72 | — | 72 | #1,578 |
| 1983 | 63 | — | 63 | #1,727 |
| 1982 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,915 |
| 1981 | 58 | — | 58 | #1,882 |
| 1980 | 50 | — | 50 | #2,090 |
| 1979 | 70 | — | 70 | #1,618 |
| 1978 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,956 |
| 1977 | 60 | — | 60 | #1,728 |
| 1976 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,430 |
| 1975 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,863 |
| 1974 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,631 |
| 1973 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,772 |
| 1972 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,043 |
| 1971 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,737 |
| 1970 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,208 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,519 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,418 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,546 |