Merida — #2465 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Merida

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,501 babies named Merida between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merida currently holds the #2465 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 116 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Merida performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 719 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Merida shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 166 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Merida in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Merida 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 1,501 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.