Girls' name · since 1941
Merikay
84 babies named Merikay in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 1946. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 84
- total births
- 1941–1949
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
84 girls have been named Merikay since 1941, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Merikay has 84 recorded births among girls since 1941, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1941 to 1949.
- 84 total births
- 1941–1949 years on record
- 1940s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Merikay's 84 recorded births place it above 60% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Michigan.
Merikay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Merikay splits its recorded history at 1947: 36% of all births land in the more recent half, 64% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1941 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1946 peak of 42 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Merikay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1941–1949
- Peak year (1946)
- 42
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Merikay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1940s was Merikay's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Merikay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
84 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 84 births (100% of all-time use).
Merikay by state
Where Merikay concentrates geographically, total births since 1941
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 5 | 6.0% |
5 of 84 births nationwide.
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- Michigan records the most Merikays (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Michigan 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, 1941–1949 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Merikay: Baby Name Since 1941 - 84 Births, Peak 1946." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/merikay. 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 Merikay 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.