Mery — #8461 US girls' name
499 babies named Mery in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to girls today.
18% of everyone ever named Mery was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Mery in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mery
The Social Security Administration has registered 499 babies named Mery between 1925 and 2024, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mery currently holds the #8461 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mery performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Mery shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mery in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mery 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 499 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.
Mery at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mery popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1925
- Peak year (2023)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 100 years of records
Currently ranks #8461 among girls.
499 total births across 100 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 15 births in a single year.
Mery by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 92 births that decade — 18% of Mery's all-time total
Mery decade highlights
- Peak decade 92 births
- Runner-up 80 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mery's strongest decade
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
Mery by state
Where Mery concentrates geographically — total births since 1925
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.0% |
5 of 499 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.0% 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, 1925–2024 (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.