Merab — #11601 US girls' name
63 babies named Merab in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 34% of names given to girls today.
52% of everyone ever named Merab was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Merab in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Merab
The Social Security Administration has registered 63 babies named Merab between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merab currently holds the #11601 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Merab performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Merab shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Merab in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Merab in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 63 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Merab at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Merab popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2023)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #11601 among girls.
63 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 12 births in a single year.
Merab by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 33 births that decade — 52% of Merab's all-time total
Merab decade highlights
- Peak decade 33 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Merab's strongest decade
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Merab by state
Where Merab concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 7.9% |
5 of 63 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 7.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 7.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2000–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.