Merinda

Girl · recorded 1919–2006

  • 2006last recorded
  • 1974best year

Most popular in 1974.

Last recorded in 2006. 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 Merinda.

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 1919

071319191941196319842006

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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 52 recorded years as a table
Merinda, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19194
19234
19424
19473
19483
19494
19513
19525
19533
19545
19566
19573
19587
19595
19605
19616
19627
19636
19647
19656
19667
196713
19687
19695
19709
197110
19729
197311
197413
19757
197610
197711
19786
197911
19809
198110
19829
198410
19853
19866
19875
19887
19894
19906
19915
19935
19945
19955
19965
19973
19985
20063

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Merinda 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 2006
6
Rank in 2006
#15,152
How rare
1 in 316,868 girls
Since 1919
562

Merinda was last recorded in 2006. 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 1974, at 13 per million girls born.

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

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