Merna — #11102 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Merna

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,461 babies named Merna between 1895 and 2024, spanning 130 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merna currently holds the #11102 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 79 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Merna performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 582 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Merna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Nebraska, which accounts for 204 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Iowa and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Merna in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Merna 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 2,461 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.