Merikay — girls' name

What the Data Says About Merikay

The Social Security Administration has registered 84 babies named Merikay between 1941 and 1949, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merikay currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1949. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 42 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Merikay performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Merikay in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Merikay 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 84 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.