Merina
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1998
19 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
338
since 1965
Born a Merina? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Merina was most popular in 1998, when 19 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Merina in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 25%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 6 | 13477 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 5 | 15306 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 5 | 15251 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 5 | 15539 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 5 | 15682 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 8 | 11615 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 5 | 16215 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 7 | 13006 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 8 | 11931 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 6 | 14582 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 5 | 16869 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 6 | 14824 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 5 | 17504 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 8 | 12420 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 9 | 10921 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 6 | 14179 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 13 | 7998 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 11 | 8837 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 9 | 10102 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 15 | 6808 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 16 | 6191 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 19 | 5363 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 13 | 6844 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 15 | 6064 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 14 | 6257 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 15 | 5984 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 17 | 5419 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 14 | 6314 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 10 | 7987 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 13 | 6465 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 7 | 9681 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 9 | 7353 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 8 | 7398 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 5 | 10392 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 6 | 7388 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 5 | 7995 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 5 | 6539 | <5 | — |
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