Girls' name · since 2000
Merab
72 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.
- #30,823 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,520 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 72
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Merab is the #10520 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 72 recorded since 2000.
Social Security Administration records show Merab recorded 72 times among girls since 2000, holding rank #10520 nationally today, ahead of 39% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #30,823 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,520 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 72 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Merab ranks #30,823 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,520 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 72 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #30,823 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,520 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 72
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Merab's 72 recorded births place it above 57.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Merab compares
72 20th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Merab's all-time total is 81% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Merab | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 72 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Merab's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Merab splits its recorded history at 2021: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2021 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Merab popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Merab by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (42 births, 58% of the file).
2020s was Merab's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Merab births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 42 births (58% 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 | 6.9% |
5 of 72 births nationwide.
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- New York records the most Merabs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Merab: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2000–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Merab draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.