Merica

Girl · recorded 1920–2020

  • 2020last recorded
  • 1976best year

Most popular in 1976.

Last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Merica.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1920

071319201945197019952020

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 33 recorded years as a table
Merica, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19205
19355
19633
19653
19715
19723
19734
197613
19776
19787
19794
19814
19833
19845
19856
19863
19873
19884
19893
19904
19913
19924
19944
19963
19984
19993
20003
20024
20034
20074
20133
20153
20203

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Merica isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2020
5
Rank in 2020
#15,088
How rare
1 in 323,309 girls
Since 1920
229

Merica was last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1976, at 13 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Merica doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.