Merrisa
#21,403 most common girls' name of all time · #34,887 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1977–1999
Rank among girls
#21,403
Rank overall
#34,887 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
18 of 146
All-time
144
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1994 #5,170
Best rank
#5,170 1994
Girls
Boys
peak 19/yr
Merrisa first appears in 1977. 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 | #11,901 |
| 1998 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,089 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,438 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,487 |
| 1994 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,170 |
| 1993 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,176 |
| 1992 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,113 |
| 1991 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,265 |
| 1990 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,876 |
| 1989 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,783 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,900 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,428 |
| 1986 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,638 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,047 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,471 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,110 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,975 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,166 |