Merryn — #7476 US girls' name
299 babies named Merryn in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 58% of names given to girls today.
51% of everyone ever named Merryn was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Merryn in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Merryn
The Social Security Administration has registered 299 babies named Merryn between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merryn currently holds the #7476 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Merryn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 153 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Merryn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Merryn 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 299 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.
Merryn at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Merryn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2020)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #7476 among girls.
299 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 30 births in a single year.
Merryn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 153 births that decade — 51% of Merryn's all-time total
Merryn decade highlights
- Peak decade 153 births
- Runner-up 111 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Merryn's strongest decade
153 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% 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, 2003–2024 (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.