Girls' name · since 2006
Meritxell
38 babies named Meritxell in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 38
- total births
- 2006–2019
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 87%
- born in that decade
38 girls have been named Meritxell since 2006, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Meritxell recorded 38 times among girls since 2006, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2019.
- 38 total births
- 2006–2019 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 87% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Meritxell's 38 recorded births place it above 47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Meritxell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Meritxell splits its recorded history at 2014: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2006 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2019 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Meritxell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2019
- Peak year (2019)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Meritxell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Meritxell's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 87% of all-time use.
Meritxell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 33 births (87% 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, 2006–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Meritxell: Baby Name Since 2006 - 38 Births, Peak 2019." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/meritxell. 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 Meritxell 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.