Merida
Merida is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 73 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 730.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 2017116 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1916
- 1,501people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,501 girls have been named Merida in the United States since 1916, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 116 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 48%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Merida | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | |
| 1920s | 17 | |
| 1930s | 46 | |
| 1940s | 65 | |
| 1950s | 50 | |
| 1960s | 66 | |
| 1970s | 59 | |
| 1980s | 43 | |
| 1990s | 20 | |
| 2000s | 10 | |
| 2010s | 719 | |
| 2020s | 400 |
In 2017, its biggest year
Merida was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2017 were Emma, Olivia, Ava, Isabella and Sophia. See all of 2017.
Names that rose and fell with Merida
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Penelopepeak 2019
- Ariapeak 2018
- Aadhyapeak 2017
- Adalynnpeak 2018
- Henleypeak 2016
- Kinsleepeak 2017
- Aubriellapeak 2018
- Paisleypeak 2015
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.