Merrie — girls' name

What the Data Says About Merrie

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,632 babies named Merrie between 1909 and 2004, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merrie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 117 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Merrie performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 875 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Merrie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 185 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Merrie in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Merrie 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 2,632 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.