Merna
#3,907 most common girls' name of all time · #6,670 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1895–2024
Rank among girls
#3,907
Rank overall
#6,670 of 105,966
First appeared
1895
Years on the list
103 of 146
All-time
2,461
Since 2016
93
Peak year
1930 #798
Best rank
#798 1930
Girls
Boys
peak 79/yr
Merna first appears in 1895. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,169 |
| 2023 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,242 |
| 2022 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,572 |
| 2021 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,022 |
| 2020 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,589 |
| 2019 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,407 |
| 2018 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,861 |
| 2017 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,868 |
| 2016 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,419 |
| 2015 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,516 |
| 2014 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,996 |
| 2013 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,011 |
| 2012 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,255 |
| 2011 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,409 |
| 2009 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,714 |
| 2008 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,896 |
| 2005 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,163 |
| 2004 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,248 |
| 2003 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,236 |
| 2002 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,466 |
| 2001 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,760 |
| 2000 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,615 |
| 1998 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,179 |
| 1997 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,068 |
| 1995 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,822 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,552 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,269 |
| 1990 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,265 |
| 1982 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,314 |
| 1974 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,983 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,541 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,474 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,719 |
| 1968 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,722 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,549 |
| 1966 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,934 |
| 1965 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,553 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,705 |
| 1963 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,314 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,591 |
| 1961 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,492 |
| 1960 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,668 |
| 1959 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,893 |
| 1958 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,775 |
| 1957 | 24 | — | 24 | #2,305 |
| 1956 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,640 |
| 1955 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,126 |
| 1954 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,477 |
| 1953 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,330 |
| 1952 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,914 |
| 1951 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,855 |
| 1950 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,082 |
| 1949 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,027 |
| 1948 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,094 |
| 1947 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,800 |
| 1946 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,656 |
| 1945 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,564 |
| 1944 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,228 |
| 1943 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,517 |
| 1942 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,547 |
| 1941 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,344 |
| 1940 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,003 |
| 1939 | 54 | — | 54 | #968 |
| 1938 | 52 | — | 52 | #990 |
| 1937 | 54 | — | 54 | #945 |
| 1936 | 50 | — | 50 | #973 |
| 1935 | 57 | — | 57 | #921 |
| 1934 | 70 | — | 70 | #807 |
| 1933 | 59 | — | 59 | #884 |
| 1932 | 48 | — | 48 | #1,026 |
| 1931 | 59 | — | 59 | #910 |
| 1930 | 79 | — | 79 | #798 |
| 1929 | 75 | — | 75 | #821 |
| 1928 | 68 | — | 68 | #891 |
| 1927 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,075 |
| 1926 | 53 | — | 53 | #1,029 |
| 1925 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,243 |
| 1924 | 55 | — | 55 | #1,053 |
| 1923 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,073 |
| 1922 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,122 |
| 1921 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,318 |
| 1920 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,069 |
| 1919 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,264 |
| 1918 | 55 | — | 55 | #975 |
| 1917 | 52 | — | 52 | #975 |
| 1916 | 35 | — | 35 | #1,222 |
| 1915 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,150 |
| 1914 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,092 |
| 1913 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,035 |
| 1912 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,138 |
| 1911 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,358 |
| 1910 | 14 | — | 14 | #1,253 |
| 1909 | 14 | — | 14 | #1,143 |
| 1908 | 18 | — | 18 | #965 |
| 1906 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,400 |
| 1904 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,623 |
| 1903 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,021 |
| 1901 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,131 |
| 1900 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,697 |
| 1899 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,267 |
| 1898 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,256 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,766 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,795 |