Meryk — boys' name
12 babies named Meryk in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
12 boys have been named Meryk since 2006, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2018.
- 12
- total births
- 2006–2018
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
58% of everyone ever named Meryk was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Meryk in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meryk
The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Meryk between 2006 and 2018, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Meryk currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meryk performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Meryk shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meryk 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 12 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.
Meryk at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Meryk popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2006
- Peak year (2006)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
12 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 7 births in a single year.
Meryk by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 7 births that decade — 58% of Meryk's all-time total
Meryk decade highlights
- Peak decade 7 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Meryk's strongest decade
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
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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, 2006–2018 (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.