Girls' name · since 1981
Merrin
Merrin has 264 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,077 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,042 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 264
- born since 1981
- 2010s
- peak decade
264 babies have been named Merrin since 1981, making it today's #8042 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Merrin has been recorded 264 times among girls since 1981, currently ranked #8042 nationally and more common than 54% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.
- #17,077 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,042 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 264 born since 1981
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Merrin ranks #17,077 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,042 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 264 born since 1981, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,077 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,042 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 264
- born since 1981
- 2010s
- peak decade
Merrin's 264 recorded births place it above 76.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Merrin compares
264 42nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Merrin's all-time total is 30% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Merrin | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 264 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Merrin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Merrin's full recorded timeline at 2011, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Merrin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Merrin by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (83 births, 31% of the file).
2010s was Merrin's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Merrin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 24
1990s
24 births
- 2000s
2000s
75 births
- 2010s
2010s
83 births
- 2020s
2020s
77 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 83 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Merrin's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (83 total births) through the 2020s (77) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Merrin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~44 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1981–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Merrin 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 August 2026.