Merrily — #13611 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Merrily

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,032 babies named Merrily between 1936 and 2024, spanning 89 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merrily currently holds the #13611 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 210 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Merrily performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 638 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Merrily shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 74 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Merrily in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Merrily 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 1,032 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.