Merri — girls' name

What the Data Says About Merri

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,170 babies named Merri between 1920 and 2012, spanning 93 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merri currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 157 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Merri performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,150 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Merri shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 218 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Merri in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Merri 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 3,170 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.