Mertice — girls' name

What the Data Says About Mertice

The Social Security Administration has registered 414 babies named Mertice between 1897 and 1954, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mertice currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1954. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mertice performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 146 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Mertice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Mertice in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mertice 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 414 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.