Meritta — girls' name
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.
The verdict
11 girls have been named Meritta since 1952, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1953.
- 11
- total births
- 1952–1953
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
100% of everyone ever named Meritta was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Meritta in 1952 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meritta
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Meritta between 1952 and 1953, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meritta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1953. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meritta performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meritta in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 11 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Meritta at a glance
Last recorded 1953Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Meritta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1952
- Peak year (1952)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 2 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1953.
11 total births across 2 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1952 with 6 births in a single year.
Meritta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 11 births that decade — 100% of Meritta's all-time total
Meritta decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Meritta's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1952–1953 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.