Merrie

Girl · recorded 1909–2004

  • 2004last recorded
  • 1959best year

Most popular in 1959.

Last recorded in 2004. 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 Merrie.

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Its story

Popularity since 1909

0295819091933195719802004

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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 85 recorded years as a table
Merrie, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190914
19157
191714
191814
19196
192013
192111
192214
192312
19247
192513
192611
19279
192816
192910
193011
19316
19326
19336
193411
193515
193617
193719
193825
193914
194017
194122
194224
194334
194438
194543
194641
194738
194838
194938
195053
195134
195248
195346
195451
195543
195653
195730
195839
195958
196039
196133
196229
196334
196436
196528
196625
196728
196819
196923
197020
197119
197219
197316
197412
197516
197610
197714
197812
197911
198010
19818
19826
19834
19847
19854
19866
19886
19906
19915
19923
19936
19943
19954
19983
19993
20003
20013
20023
20043

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Merrie 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 2004
5
Rank in 2004
#16,099
How rare
1 in 367,250 girls
Since 1909
2,632

Merrie was last recorded in 2004. 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 1959, at 58 per million girls born.

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

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