Girls' name · since 1918
Merva
Merva has 42 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1921 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 42
- total births
- 1918–1948
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 33%
- born in that decade
Merva sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 42 recorded since 1918.
Social Security Administration records show Merva recorded 42 times among girls since 1918, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1948.
- 42 total births
- 1918–1948 years on record
- 1920s peak decade
- 33% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Merva's 42 recorded births place it above 49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Merva's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Merva's full recorded timeline at 1921, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1919, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1921 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Merva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1948
- Peak year (1921)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Merva by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1920s was Merva's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Merva births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
11 births
- 1920s
1920s
14 births
- 1930s
1930s
12 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 14 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Merva's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (14 total births) through the 1940s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1918–1948 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Merva: Baby Name Since 1918 - 42 Births, Peak 1921." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/merva. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Merva draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.