Girls' name · since 1919
Merinda
562 babies named Merinda in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,016 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 562
- born since 1919
- 1970s
- peak decade
562 girls have been named Merinda since 1919, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Merinda has 562 recorded births among girls since 1919, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 2006.
- #11,016 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 562 born since 1919
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Merinda ranks #11,016 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 562 born since 1919, peaking in the 1970s.
- #11,016 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 562
- born since 1919
- 1970s
- peak decade
Merinda's 562 recorded births place it above 84.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Merinda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Merinda's full recorded timeline at 1972, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1919, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1967 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Merinda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–2006
- Peak year (1967)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 88 years of records
Merinda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (149 births, 27% of the file).
1970s was Merinda's strongest decade.
149 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Merinda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1940s 21
1940s
21 births
- 1950s
1950s
75 births
- 1960s
1960s
122 births
- 1970s
1970s
149 births
- 1980s
1980s
110 births
- 1990s
1990s
69 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 149 births (27% of all-time use).
How Merinda compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Merinda's total volume
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What to do with Merinda's data
- Merinda's decade-level peak was the 1970s (149 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Merinda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1967)
Similar record span (~87 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1919–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Merinda 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 August 2026.