Merrie
#3,735 most common girls' name of all time · #6,396 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1909–2004
Rank among girls
#3,735
Rank overall
#6,396 of 105,966
First appeared
1909
Years on the list
85 of 146
All-time
2,632
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1959 #981
Best rank
#942 1950
Girls
Boys
peak 117/yr
Merrie first appears in 1909. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,242 |
| 2002 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,562 |
| 2001 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,497 |
| 2000 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,151 |
| 1999 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,535 |
| 1998 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,265 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,604 |
| 1994 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,886 |
| 1993 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,126 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,845 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,067 |
| 1990 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,371 |
| 1988 | 10 | — | 10 | #7,175 |
| 1986 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,673 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,437 |
| 1984 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,971 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,136 |
| 1982 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,431 |
| 1981 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,009 |
| 1980 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,557 |
| 1979 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,269 |
| 1978 | 19 | — | 19 | #3,814 |
| 1977 | 21 | — | 21 | #3,513 |
| 1976 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,195 |
| 1975 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,080 |
| 1974 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,734 |
| 1973 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,944 |
| 1972 | 29 | — | 29 | #2,467 |
| 1971 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,443 |
| 1970 | 35 | — | 35 | #2,247 |
| 1969 | 38 | — | 38 | #2,031 |
| 1968 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,180 |
| 1967 | 46 | — | 46 | #1,685 |
| 1966 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,747 |
| 1965 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,602 |
| 1964 | 68 | — | 68 | #1,365 |
| 1963 | 66 | — | 66 | #1,364 |
| 1962 | 58 | — | 58 | #1,462 |
| 1961 | 66 | — | 66 | #1,378 |
| 1960 | 78 | — | 78 | #1,242 |
| 1959 | 117 | — | 117 | #981 |
| 1958 | 78 | — | 78 | #1,206 |
| 1957 | 62 | — | 62 | #1,348 |
| 1956 | 107 | — | 107 | #984 |
| 1955 | 84 | — | 84 | #1,098 |
| 1954 | 100 | — | 100 | #975 |
| 1953 | 86 | — | 86 | #1,044 |
| 1952 | 89 | — | 89 | #999 |
| 1951 | 61 | — | 61 | #1,199 |
| 1950 | 91 | — | 91 | #942 |
| 1949 | 65 | — | 65 | #1,131 |
| 1948 | 64 | — | 64 | #1,120 |
| 1947 | 67 | — | 67 | #1,092 |
| 1946 | 64 | — | 64 | #1,067 |
| 1945 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,042 |
| 1944 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,096 |
| 1943 | 48 | — | 48 | #1,176 |
| 1942 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,429 |
| 1941 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,525 |
| 1940 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,826 |
| 1939 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,164 |
| 1938 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,426 |
| 1937 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,772 |
| 1936 | 18 | — | 18 | #1,840 |
| 1935 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,064 |
| 1934 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,670 |
| 1933 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,922 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,099 |
| 1931 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,021 |
| 1930 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,632 |
| 1929 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,841 |
| 1928 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,074 |
| 1927 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,975 |
| 1926 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,665 |
| 1925 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,353 |
| 1924 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,532 |
| 1923 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,553 |
| 1922 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,268 |
| 1921 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,603 |
| 1920 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,430 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,997 |
| 1918 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,271 |
| 1917 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,291 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,625 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,524 |