Merdis — girls' name

What the Data Says About Merdis

The Social Security Administration has registered 220 babies named Merdis between 1913 and 1956, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merdis currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1956. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Merdis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Merdis shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Merdis in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Merdis 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 220 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.