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.

Merri

#3,329 most common girls' name of all time · #5,681 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1920–2012

Rank among girls
#3,329
Rank overall
#5,681 of 105,966
First appeared
1920
Years on the list
70 of 146
All-time
3,170
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1963 #835
Best rank
#835 1963
Girls Boys peak 157/yr
19201940196019802000

Merri first appears in 1920. 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
2012 5 5 #17,062
2007 5 5 #17,857
2004 6 6 #14,351
2002 7 7 #12,331
2000 7 7 #11,943
1999 13 13 #7,321
1998 5 5 #14,359
1997 6 6 #12,254
1996 6 6 #11,993
1995 8 8 #9,665
1994 8 8 #9,701
1993 8 8 #9,688
1992 10 10 #8,158
1991 22 22 #4,530
1990 13 13 #6,526
1989 9 9 #8,166
1988 18 18 #4,697
1987 15 15 #5,126
1986 16 16 #4,778
1985 18 18 #4,329
1984 21 21 #3,771
1983 20 20 #3,854
1982 29 29 #3,044
1981 25 25 #3,373
1980 31 31 #2,895
1979 26 26 #3,178
1978 27 27 #2,958
1977 37 37 #2,395
1976 38 38 #2,228
1975 41 41 #2,115
1974 28 28 #2,648
1973 35 35 #2,242
1972 56 56 #1,614
1971 54 54 #1,692
1970 77 77 #1,361
1969 65 65 #1,459
1968 78 78 #1,240
1967 90 90 #1,101
1966 95 95 #1,080
1965 96 96 #1,072
1964 136 136 #892
1963 157 157 #835
1962 144 144 #876
1961 139 139 #917
1960 150 150 #850
1959 140 140 #878
1958 115 115 #967
1957 120 120 #940
1956 115 115 #943
1955 128 128 #860
1954 120 120 #875
1953 89 89 #1,024
1952 64 64 #1,191
1951 53 53 #1,285
1950 47 47 #1,347
1949 55 55 #1,234
1948 39 39 #1,495
1947 40 40 #1,507
1946 30 30 #1,640
1945 20 20 #1,926
1944 22 22 #1,855
1943 15 15 #2,424
1942 15 15 #2,393
1941 5 5 #4,810
1940 7 7 #3,752
1939 5 5 #4,710
1938 6 6 #4,186
1937 7 7 #3,706
1929 6 6 #4,472
1920 7 7 #4,391