Girls' name · since 1947
Merribeth
Merribeth has 53 recorded births since 1947 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1953 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 53
- total births
- 1947–1972
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
Merribeth sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 53 recorded since 1947.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Merribeth has been recorded 53 times among girls since 1947, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 1972.
- 53 total births
- 1947–1972 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 57% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Merribeth's 53 recorded births place it above 52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Merribeth's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Merribeth's SSA record in two at 1955 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1950, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1953 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Merribeth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1972
- Peak year (1953)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Merribeth by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Merribeth's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Merribeth births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s
1950s
30 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 30 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Merribeth's decade-level peak was the 1950s (30 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1970s -- 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, 1947–1972 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Merribeth: Baby Name Since 1947 - 53 Births, Peak 1953." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/merribeth. 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 Merribeth 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.