Girls' name · since 1953
Merari
1,349 babies named Merari in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,131 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,569 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,349
- born since 1953
- 2000s
- peak decade
Merari currently ranks #9569 among girls' names in America, with 1,349 babies recorded since 1953.
Merari has 1,349 recorded births among girls since 1953, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9569 as of the latest data, more common than 45% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 2025.
- #6,131 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,569 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,349 born since 1953
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Merari ranks #6,131 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,569 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,349 born since 1953, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,131 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,569 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,349
- born since 1953
- 2000s
- peak decade
Merari's 1,349 recorded births place it above 91.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Merari compares
1,349 Top 28% higher than 72% of 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
Merari's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Merari | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,349 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 66 | 21 | 19,840 |
Merari's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Merari's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1953, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 66, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Merari popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 66
- Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
Merari popularity over time - boys
21 total births recorded since 1997 (Merari as boys' name)
Merari by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (526 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Merari's strongest decade.
526 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Merari births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 68
1970s
68 births
- 1980s 96
1980s
96 births
- 1990s
1990s
256 births
- 2000s
2000s
526 births
- 2010s
2010s
292 births
- 2020s 101
2020s
101 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 526 births (39% of all-time use).
How Merari compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Merari's total volume
Merari by state
Where Merari concentrates geographically, total births since 1953
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 300 | 22.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 253 | 18.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 22 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Florida | | 5 | 0.4% |
300 of 1,349 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Merari's data
- Merari's decade-level peak was the 2000s (526 total births); usage has since declined to 101 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Meraris (300 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Merari: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~72 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, 1953–2025 (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 Merari 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.