Girls' name · since 1984
Mervat
Mervat has 18 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1984 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #47,159 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,650 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 18
- born since 1984
- 1980s
- peak decade
Mervat currently ranks #13650 among girls' names in America, with 18 babies recorded since 1984.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mervat has been recorded 18 times among girls since 1984, currently ranked #13650 nationally and more common than 21% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #47,159 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,650 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 18 born since 1984
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mervat ranks #47,159 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,650 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 18 born since 1984, peaking in the 1980s.
- #47,159 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,650 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 18
- born since 1984
- 1980s
- peak decade
Mervat's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mervat compares
18 7th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mervat's all-time total is 95% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mervat | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 18 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mervat's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mervat splits its recorded history at 1986: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1984 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mervat popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (1984)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Mervat by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (12 births, 67% of the file).
1980s was Mervat's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Mervat births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window. * 2020s covers 2020–2025 only (six of ten years), so it is not directly comparable to a full decade.
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 2020s*
2020s (partial decade: 2020–2025, six of ten years)
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 12 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Mervat's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2020s (6, 2020–2025 only) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mervat: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~41 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1984–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Mervat 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 August 2026.