Unisex name · since 1997
Meritt
Meritt has 89 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,463 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,156 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 89
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Meritt currently ranks #9156 among unisex names in America, with 89 babies recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meritt has been recorded 89 times among girls since 1997, currently ranked #9156 nationally and more common than 47% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #28,463 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,156 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 89 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meritt ranks #28,463 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,156 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 89 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #28,463 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,156 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 89
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Meritt's 89 recorded births place it above 60.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Meritt compares
89 23rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Meritt's all-time total is 76% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Meritt | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 89 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Meritt's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Meritt's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Meritt popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Meritt popularity over time - boys
55 total births recorded since 1920 (Meritt as boys' name)
Meritt by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (48 births, 54% of the file).
2010s was Meritt's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Meritt births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
48 births
- 2020s
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 48 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Meritt's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (48 total births) through the 2020s (36) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Meritt: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Meritt 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.