Merrissa
#19,418 most common girls' name of all time · #31,760 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1979–2006
Rank among girls
#19,418
Rank overall
#31,760 of 105,966
First appeared
1979
Years on the list
19 of 146
All-time
177
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1989 #5,498
Best rank
#5,498 1989
Girls
Boys
peak 16/yr
Merrissa first appears in 1979. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,824 |
| 2003 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,912 |
| 2001 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,170 |
| 1998 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,146 |
| 1997 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,065 |
| 1996 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,170 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,873 |
| 1994 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,426 |
| 1993 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,465 |
| 1992 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,369 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,010 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,398 |
| 1989 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,498 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,302 |
| 1987 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,888 |
| 1986 | 12 | — | 12 | #6,104 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,342 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,141 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,789 |