Boys' name · since 1996
Merik
339 babies named Merik in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 339
- total births
- 1996–2025
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
Merik sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 339 recorded since 1996.
Merik has 339 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- 339 total births
- 1996–2025 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 42% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Merik's 339 recorded births place it above 78% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Merik's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Merik splits its recorded history at 2012: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 28 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Merik popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Merik by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Merik's strongest decade.
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Merik births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 19
1990s
19 births
- 2000s
2000s
144 births
- 2010s
2010s
142 births
- 2020s 34
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 144 births (42% of all-time use).
Merik by state
Where Merik concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 3.2% |
| #2 | Colorado | | 5 | 1.5% |
11 of 339 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Merik's decade-level peak was the 2000s (144 total births); usage has since declined to 34 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Meriks (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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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, 1996–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Merik: Baby Name Since 1996 - 339 Births, Peak 2006." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/merik. 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 Merik 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.