Mertie — girls' name

What the Data Says About Mertie

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,830 babies named Mertie between 1880 and 1963, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mertie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 46 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mertie performed strongest in the 1880s, accumulating 325 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Mertie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Mertie in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mertie 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 1,830 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.