Girls' name · since 1987
Merary
Since 1987, U.S. Social Security records show 532 babies named Merary, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #11,396 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,676 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 532
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
532 babies have been named Merary since 1987, making it today's #9676 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Merary has been recorded 532 times among girls since 1987, currently ranked #9676 nationally and more common than 44% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #11,396 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,676 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 532 born since 1987
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Merary ranks #11,396 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,676 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 532 born since 1987, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,396 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,676 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 532
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Merary's 532 recorded births place it above 84.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Merary compares
532 Top 44% higher than 56% 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
Merary's all-time total is 41% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Merary | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 532 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 21 | 19,840 |
Merary's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Merary's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 34, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Merary popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Merary by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (221 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Merary's strongest decade.
221 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Merary births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 88
1990s
88 births
- 2000s
2000s
221 births
- 2010s
2010s
150 births
- 2020s 67
2020s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 221 births (42% of all-time use).
How Merary 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 Merary's total volume
Merary by state
Where Merary concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 95 | 17.9% |
| #2 | California | | 52 | 9.8% |
95 of 532 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Merary's data
- Merary's decade-level peak was the 2000s (221 total births); usage has since declined to 67 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Merarys (95 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Merary: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1987–2025 (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 Merary 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.