Merry — #6913 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Merry

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,360 babies named Merry between 1898 and 2024, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merry currently holds the #6913 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 355 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Merry performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 2,972 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Merry shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 852 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Merry in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Merry 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 10,360 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.