Girls' name · since 1942
Merriann
36 babies named Merriann in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 36
- total births
- 1942–1963
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 69%
- born in that decade
Merriann sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 36 recorded since 1942.
Merriann has 36 recorded births among girls since 1942, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 1963.
- 36 total births
- 1942–1963 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 69% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Merriann's 36 recorded births place it above 46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Merriann's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Merriann splits its recorded history at 1956: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1942 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1957 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Merriann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1963
- Peak year (1957)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Merriann by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Merriann's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Merriann births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
25 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 25 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Merriann's decade-level peak was the 1950s (25 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1942–1963 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Merriann: Baby Name Since 1942 - 36 Births, Peak 1957." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/merriann. 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 Merriann 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.