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.

Merry

#1,578 most common girls' name of all time · #2,729 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1898–2025

Rank among girls
#1,578
Rank overall
#2,729 of 105,966
First appeared
1898
Years on the list
122 of 146
All-time
10,369
Since 2016
167
Peak year
1954 #470
Best rank
#456 1948
Girls Boys peak 355/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Merry first appears in 1898. 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
2025 9 — 9 #10,157
2024 16 — 16 #6,945
2023 10 — 10 #9,654
2022 16 — 16 #7,010
2021 17 — 17 #6,714
2020 17 — 17 #6,654
2019 17 — 17 #6,724
2018 19 — 19 #6,266
2017 14 — 14 #7,873
2016 32 — 32 #4,434
2015 24 — 24 #5,475
2014 22 — 22 #5,818
2013 23 — 23 #5,656
2012 18 — 18 #6,895
2011 15 — 15 #7,813
2010 22 — 22 #5,998
2009 18 — 18 #7,086
2008 23 — 23 #5,973
2007 14 — 14 #8,553
2006 20 — 20 #6,373
2005 22 — 22 #5,619
2004 30 — 30 #4,502
2003 19 — 19 #6,072
2002 17 — 17 #6,423
2001 13 — 13 #7,761
2000 24 — 24 #4,813
1999 27 — 27 #4,215
1998 21 — 21 #4,974
1997 20 — 20 #5,036
1996 32 — 32 #3,518
1995 31 — 31 #3,507
1994 42 — 42 #2,850
1993 22 — 22 #4,538
1992 22 — 22 #4,549
1991 42 — 42 #2,800
1990 34 — 34 #3,235
1989 32 — 32 #3,270
1988 34 — 34 #2,993
1987 44 — 44 #2,368
1986 28 — 28 #3,214
1985 52 — 52 #2,054
1984 42 — 42 #2,308
1983 60 — 60 #1,774
1982 47 — 47 #2,158
1981 52 — 52 #2,009
1980 45 — 45 #2,224
1979 53 — 53 #1,958
1978 62 — 62 #1,696
1977 48 — 48 #2,009
1976 47 — 47 #1,918
1975 59 — 59 #1,644
1974 73 — 73 #1,401
1973 61 — 61 #1,536
1972 69 — 69 #1,420
1971 101 — 101 #1,151
1970 125 — 125 #1,001
1969 127 — 127 #946
1968 99 — 99 #1,059
1967 144 — 144 #845
1966 112 — 112 #962
1965 163 — 163 #779
1964 221 — 221 #692
1963 207 — 207 #709
1962 218 — 218 #700
1961 268 — 268 #626
1960 274 — 274 #603
1959 284 — 284 #589
1958 240 — 240 #634
1957 255 — 255 #615
1956 297 — 297 #543
1955 334 — 334 #505
1954 355 — 355 #470
1953 328 — 328 #474
1952 323 — 323 #470
1951 264 — 264 #511
1950 292 — 292 #475
1949 284 — 284 #479
1948 307 — 307 #456
1947 300 — 300 #476
1946 276 — 276 #474
1945 214 — 214 #500
1944 202 — 202 #509
1943 221 — 221 #501
1942 200 — 200 #526
1941 118 — 118 #654
1940 124 — 124 #633
1939 103 — 103 #671
1938 96 — 96 #704
1937 88 — 88 #721
1936 55 — 55 #923
1935 65 — 65 #859
1934 67 — 67 #838
1933 53 — 53 #944
1932 52 — 52 #988
1931 42 — 42 #1,099
1930 40 — 40 #1,194
1929 34 — 34 #1,299
1928 45 — 45 #1,144
1927 40 — 40 #1,248
1926 44 — 44 #1,160
1925 47 — 47 #1,130
1924 48 — 48 #1,135
1923 65 — 65 #910
1922 54 — 54 #1,027
1921 57 — 57 #1,001
1920 61 — 61 #937
1919 48 — 48 #1,053
1918 29 — 29 #1,483
1917 34 — 34 #1,256
1916 22 — 22 #1,673
1915 18 — 18 #1,858
1914 17 — 17 #1,653
1913 13 — 13 #1,738
1912 16 — 16 #1,408
1911 6 — 6 #2,329
1910 6 — 6 #2,278
1909 8 — 8 #1,733
1908 6 — 6 #2,022
1906 5 — 5 #2,119
1905 5 — 5 #2,130
1904 6 — 6 #1,826
1898 5 — 5 #1,949