Girls' name · since 1980
Merika
Since 1980, U.S. Social Security records show 40 babies named Merika, peaking in 1991. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 40
- total births
- 1980–1995
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that decade
Merika is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 40 have been recorded since 1980.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Merika has been recorded 40 times among girls since 1980, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 1995.
- 40 total births
- 1980–1995 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 60% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Merika's 40 recorded births place it above 48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Merika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Merika's full recorded timeline at 1990, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Merika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1995
- Peak year (1991)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Merika by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Merika's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Merika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 24 births (60% 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, 1980–1995 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Merika: Baby Name Since 1980 - 40 Births, Peak 1991." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/merika. 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 Merika 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.