Girls' name · since 1984
Merete
Merete has 12 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1986 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 12
- total births
- 1984–1986
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
Merete is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 12 have been recorded since 1984.
Social Security Administration records show Merete recorded 12 times among girls since 1984, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 1986.
- 12 total births
- 1984–1986 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Merete's 12 recorded births place it above 27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Merete's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Merete splits its recorded history at 1986: 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 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1986 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Merete popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1986
- Peak year (1986)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Merete by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Merete's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Merete births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 12 births (100% of all-time use).
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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, 1984–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Merete: Baby Name Since 1984 - 12 Births, Peak 1986." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/merete. 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 Merete 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.