Merna
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1930
79 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
2,461
since 1895
Born a Merna? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Merna was most popular in 1930, when 79 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.07 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Merna in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 38%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,122 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,197 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 12 | 8,542 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 11 | 8,978 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 14 | 7,559 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,356 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 6 | 13,793 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 14 | 7,840 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 13 | 8,393 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 11 | 9,481 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 9 | 10,955 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 8 | 11,969 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 8 | 12,199 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 10 | 10,374 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 10 | 10,679 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 7 | 13,832 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 10 | 10,128 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 6 | 14,179 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 15 | 7,207 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 14 | 7,444 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 13 | 7,724 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 13 | 7,580 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 8 | 10,122 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 9 | 9,017 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 9 | 8,766 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 5 | 13,442 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 5 | 13,147 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 7 | 10,193 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 7 | 8,224 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 7 | 6,900 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 5 | 8,423 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 6 | 7,388 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 6 | 6,617 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 7 | 5,642 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 7 | 5,457 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 8 | 4,866 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 9 | 4,494 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 9 | 4,636 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 10 | 4,272 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 9 | 4,533 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 14 | 3,460 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 21 | 2,649 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 17 | 2,869 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 18 | 2,755 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 24 | 2,276 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 19 | 2,622 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 26 | 2,108 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 20 | 2,450 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 12 | 3,269 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 28 | 1,892 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 28 | 1,842 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 22 | 2,053 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 23 | 2,013 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 22 | 2,070 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 29 | 1,790 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 29 | 1,647 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 28 | 1,543 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 42 | 1,224 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 31 | 1,492 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 29 | 1,533 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 33 | 1,335 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 51 | 997 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 54 | 960 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 52 | 984 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 54 | 940 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 50 | 968 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 57 | 912 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 70 | 804 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 59 | 878 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 48 | 1,015 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 59 | 899 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 79 | 795 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 75 | 814 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 68 | 888 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 51 | 1,071 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 53 | 1,023 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 40 | 1,225 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 55 | 1,046 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 51 | 1,065 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 47 | 1,114 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 36 | 1,298 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 49 | 1,062 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 37 | 1,242 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 55 | 969 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 52 | 964 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 35 | 1,210 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 36 | 1,140 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 31 | 1,080 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 28 | 1,020 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 22 | 1,117 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 13 | 1,300 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 14 | 1,207 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 14 | 1,104 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 18 | 939 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 9 | 1,321 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 7 | 1,486 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 13 | 969 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 10 | 1,067 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 7 | 1,561 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 8 | 1,181 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 9 | 1,171 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 5 | 1,583 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 5 | 1,592 | <5 | — |
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