Girls' name · since 1952
Meritta
11 babies named Meritta in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 11
- total births
- 1952–1953
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
Meritta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 11 recorded since 1952.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meritta has been recorded 11 times among girls since 1952, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 1953.
- 11 total births
- 1952–1953 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Meritta's 11 recorded births place it above 25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Meritta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Meritta's full recorded timeline at 1953, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1953, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1952 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Meritta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–1953
- Peak year (1952)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Meritta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Meritta's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Meritta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 11 births (100% of all-time use).
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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, 1952–1953 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Meritta: Baby Name Since 1952 - 11 Births, Peak 1952." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/meritta. 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 Meritta 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.