Girls' name · since 1916
Merilda
21 babies named Merilda in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 21
- total births
- 1916–1925
- years on record
- 1910s
- peak decade
- 76%
- born in that decade
Merilda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 21 recorded since 1916.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Merilda has been recorded 21 times among girls since 1916, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1925.
- 21 total births
- 1916–1925 years on record
- 1910s peak decade
- 76% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Merilda's 21 recorded births place it above 37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Merilda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Merilda's full recorded timeline at 1919, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1918, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1916 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Merilda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1925
- Peak year (1916)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Merilda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1910s was Merilda's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Merilda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
16 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 16 births (76% of all-time use).
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- Merilda's decade-level peak was the 1910s (16 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1920s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1916–1925 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Merilda: Baby Name Since 1916 - 21 Births, Peak 1916." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/merilda. 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 Merilda 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.