Mertie

Girl · recorded 1880–1963

  • 1963last recorded
  • 1882best year

Most popular in 1882.

Last recorded in 1963. 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 1880

017635218801901192219421963

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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 77 recorded years as a table
Mertie, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880198
1881315
1882352
1883321
1884326
1885293
1886235
1887247
1888162
1889135
1890158
1891129
1892132
1893146
1894135
1895141
1896126
189798
189897
189999
1900113
1901130
190283
190369
1904102
190596
190664
190757
190869
190981
191043
191155
191241
191329
191432
191541
191635
191738
191840
191939
192027
192131
192235
192327
192418
192530
192622
192726
192821
192921
193014
193121
193225
193323
193420
193514
193612
193714
193824
193910
194022
194115
194212
19439
19448
19455
19466
19477
19484
19497
19504
19513
19533
19545
19553
19562
19633

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Mertie 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 1963
6
Rank in 1963
#5,891
How rare
1 in 321,251 girls
Since 1880
1,830

Mertie was last recorded in 1963. 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 1882, at 352 per million girls born.

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

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