Merrissa

Girl · recorded 1979–2006

  • 2006last recorded
  • 1989best year

Most popular in 1989.

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

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Its story

Popularity since 1979

05919791986199319992006

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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 19 recorded years as a table
Merrissa, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19793
19825
19853
19867
19877
19883
19899
19907
19914
19927
19936
19947
19956
19964
19976
19983
20013
20034
20064

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Merrissa 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2006
8
Rank in 2006
#12,420
How rare
1 in 237,651 girls
Since 1979
177

Merrissa 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 1989, at 9 per million girls born.

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

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