Girls' name · since 1919
Mernie
Mernie has 17 recorded births since 1919 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1919 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 17
- total births
- 1919–1934
- years on record
- 1910s
- peak decade
- 35%
- born in that decade
17 girls have been named Mernie since 1919, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Mernie recorded 17 times among girls since 1919, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1910s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 1934.
- 17 total births
- 1919–1934 years on record
- 1910s peak decade
- 35% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mernie's 17 recorded births place it above 33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mernie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mernie's SSA record in two at 1921 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1934, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1919 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mernie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1934
- Peak year (1919)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Mernie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1910s was Mernie's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Mernie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
6 births
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 6 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Mernie's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 1930s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1919–1934 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mernie: Baby Name Since 1919 - 17 Births, Peak 1919." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mernie. 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 Mernie 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.