Merita
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1940
28 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,121
since 1912
Born a Merita? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Merita was most popular in 1940, when 28 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.02 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Merita in 2025. Not recorded since 1999.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 7 | 11385 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 9 | 9017 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 6 | 11807 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 7 | 10514 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 7 | 10569 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 5 | 13442 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 5 | 13317 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 5 | 11798 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 7 | 8523 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 8 | 7398 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 5 | 10275 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 5 | 10517 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 7 | 8178 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 7 | 8061 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 9 | 6385 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 6 | 8444 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 5 | 9284 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 8 | 6258 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 8 | 5959 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 5 | 8324 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 16 | 3712 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 10 | 4723 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 13 | 3789 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 12 | 3845 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 11 | 3959 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 15 | 3264 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 23 | 2600 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 20 | 2780 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 15 | 3293 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 23 | 2543 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 17 | 2989 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 30 | 2054 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 23 | 2376 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 33 | 1904 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 35 | 1796 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 46 | 1498 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 29 | 1949 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 27 | 1973 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 25 | 2023 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 28 | 1842 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 26 | 1871 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 29 | 1767 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 28 | 1778 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 27 | 1863 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 18 | 2228 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 13 | 2458 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 18 | 2027 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 23 | 1791 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 20 | 1917 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 22 | 1696 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 28 | 1442 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 21 | 1684 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 16 | 2021 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 25 | 1493 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 15 | 2032 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 18 | 1845 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 18 | 1834 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 11 | 2540 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 20 | 1754 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 12 | 2427 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 20 | 1815 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 13 | 2437 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 15 | 2284 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 6 | 4286 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 8 | 3564 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 10 | 3116 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 9 | 3393 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 8 | 3641 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 8 | 3655 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 6 | 4464 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 6 | 4398 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 5 | 4809 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 7 | 3713 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1915 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 5 | 3618 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 5 | 2979 | <5 | — |
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