Merita
#6,519 most common girls' name of all time · #10,993 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1912–1999
Rank among girls
#6,519
Rank overall
#10,993 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
75 of 146
All-time
1,121
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1955 #1,506
Best rank
#1,466 1940
Girls
Boys
peak 46/yr
Merita first appears in 1912. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,471 |
| 1997 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,101 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,931 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,618 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,686 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,618 |
| 1992 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,479 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,986 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,652 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,492 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,453 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,674 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,292 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,181 |
| 1978 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,474 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,601 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,505 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,371 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,066 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,527 |
| 1970 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,751 |
| 1969 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,800 |
| 1968 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,851 |
| 1967 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,897 |
| 1966 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,024 |
| 1965 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,311 |
| 1964 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,626 |
| 1963 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,816 |
| 1962 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1961 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,572 |
| 1960 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,031 |
| 1959 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,076 |
| 1958 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,412 |
| 1957 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,916 |
| 1956 | 35 | — | 35 | #1,815 |
| 1955 | 46 | — | 46 | #1,506 |
| 1954 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,964 |
| 1953 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,999 |
| 1952 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,046 |
| 1951 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,864 |
| 1950 | 26 | — | 26 | #1,891 |
| 1949 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,789 |
| 1948 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,799 |
| 1947 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,883 |
| 1946 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,286 |
| 1945 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,536 |
| 1944 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,068 |
| 1943 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,817 |
| 1942 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,961 |
| 1941 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,729 |
| 1940 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,466 |
| 1939 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,719 |
| 1938 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,084 |
| 1937 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,528 |
| 1936 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1935 | 18 | — | 18 | #1,900 |
| 1934 | 18 | — | 18 | #1,890 |
| 1933 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,639 |
| 1932 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,803 |
| 1931 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,539 |
| 1930 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,859 |
| 1929 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,556 |
| 1928 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,356 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,499 |
| 1926 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,717 |
| 1925 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,264 |
| 1924 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,554 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,815 |
| 1922 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,864 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,726 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,658 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,078 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,925 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | 5 | #3,941 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | 5 | #3,398 |