Merve — girls' name
102 babies named Merve in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
102 girls have been named Merve since 1992, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2015.
- 102
- total births
- 1992–2015
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
48% of everyone ever named Merve was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Merve in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Merve
The Social Security Administration has registered 102 babies named Merve between 1992 and 2015, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Merve currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Merve performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Merve shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Merve in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Merve 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 102 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.
Merve at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Merve popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1992
- Peak year (1998)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
102 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 13 births in a single year.
Merve by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 49 births that decade — 48% of Merve's all-time total
Merve decade highlights
- Peak decade 49 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Merve's strongest decade
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Merve by state
Where Merve concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 10.8% |
11 of 102 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 10.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 10.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1992–2015 (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.