Recorded 1984–2025 Girls' name Peak 1984 18 births

Mervat — girls' name

18 babies named Mervat in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s122020s6

The verdict

18 girls have been named Mervat since 1984, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2025.

18
total births
1984–2025
years on record
1980s
peak decade
67%
born in that decade
1980s
Peak decade

67% of everyone ever named Mervat was born in this single decade.

1984
Single peak year

7 babies were named Mervat in 1984 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Mervat

The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Mervat between 1984 and 2025, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mervat currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mervat performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Mervat shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mervat 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 18 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.

Mervat at a glance

Last recorded 2025

Total births

18

Since 1984

42 years of records

Peak year

1984

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2025

Active since

1984

Recorded for 42 years

Last year on file: 2025

Mervat popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1984

Last recorded 2025
Peak year (1984)
7
Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 202519861984 7

Mervat by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
12 births that decade — 67% of Mervat's all-time total
1980s122020s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Mervat?
18 babies have been named Mervat since 1984. It was last recorded in 2025. The peak year was 1984 with 7 births.
When was Mervat most popular?
Mervat was most popular in the 1980s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 1984.
How long has the name Mervat been used?
Mervat has been recorded in Social Security data since 1984, spanning 42 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Mervat?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Meredith, Mercedes, Merle, Mercy, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1984–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.