Mergim — boys' name
25 babies named Mergim in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
25 boys have been named Mergim since 1992, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2000.
- 25
- total births
- 1992–2000
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 72%
- born in that decade
72% of everyone ever named Mergim was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Mergim in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mergim
The Social Security Administration has registered 25 babies named Mergim between 1992 and 2000, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mergim currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mergim performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Mergim shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mergim in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mergim 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 25 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.
Mergim at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mergim popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1992
- Peak year (1992)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
25 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 8 births in a single year.
Mergim by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 18 births that decade — 72% of Mergim's all-time total
Mergim decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Mergim's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 72% of all-time use.
Mergim by state
Where Mergim concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 20.0% |
5 of 25 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 20.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 20.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1992–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.