Boys' name · since 1987
Merek
368 babies named Merek in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 368
- total births
- 1987–2022
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
368 boys have been named Merek since 1987, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Merek has 368 recorded births among boys since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2022.
- 368 total births
- 1987–2022 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 45% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Merek's 368 recorded births place it above 79% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Merek's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Merek's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Merek popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2022
- Peak year (2014)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Merek by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Merek's strongest decade.
166 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Merek births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
153 births
- 2010s
2010s
166 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 166 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Merek's decade-level peak was the 2010s (166 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1987–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Merek: Baby Name Since 1987 - 368 Births, Peak 2014." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/merek. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Merek 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 July 2026.