Mertis — girls' name

What the Data Says About Mertis

The Social Security Administration has registered 466 babies named Mertis between 1908 and 1961, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mertis currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mertis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 150 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Mertis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 9 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Mertis in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mertis 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 466 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.