Girls' name · since 1981
Meryn
262 babies named Meryn in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,148 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,517 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 262
- born since 1981
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Meryn is the #8517 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 262 recorded since 1981.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meryn has been recorded 262 times among girls since 1981, currently ranked #8517 nationally and more common than 51% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.
- #17,148 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,517 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 262 born since 1981
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meryn ranks #17,148 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,517 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 262 born since 1981, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,148 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,517 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 262
- born since 1981
- 2010s
- peak decade
Meryn's 262 recorded births place it above 76.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Meryn compares
262 42nd 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
Meryn's all-time total is 30% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Meryn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 262 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Meryn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Meryn splits its recorded history at 2012: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Meryn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Meryn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (89 births, 34% of the file).
2010s was Meryn's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Meryn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 21
1980s
21 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
75 births
- 2010s
2010s
89 births
- 2020s
2020s
71 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 89 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Meryn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (89 total births) through the 2020s (71) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Meryn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1981–2025 (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 Meryn 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.