Merik — boys' name

What the Data Says About Merik

The Social Security Administration has registered 334 babies named Merik between 1996 and 2023, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Merik currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Merik performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Merik shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Colorado. In total, SSA state-level files list Merik in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Merik 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 334 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.