Merridy — girls' name
35 babies named Merridy in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
35 girls have been named Merridy since 1940, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1955.
- 35
- total births
- 1940–1955
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
54% of everyone ever named Merridy was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Merridy in 1951 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Merridy
The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Merridy between 1940 and 1955, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merridy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1955. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Merridy performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Merridy shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Merridy 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 35 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.
Merridy at a glance
Last recorded 1955Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Merridy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–1940
- Peak year (1951)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1955.
35 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1951 with 9 births in a single year.
Merridy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 19 births that decade — 54% of Merridy's all-time total
Merridy decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Merridy's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1940–1955 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.