Merry
Rank in 2025
#10107
recorded as girls
Down 3,175 since 2024
Babies in 2025
9
girls 9
Peak year
1954
355 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
10,369
since 1898
Born a Merry? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Merry was most popular in 1954, when 355 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.18 per 1,000). In 2025, 9 babies were named Merry, ranking #10107 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 29%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 10107 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 16 | 6932 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 10 | 9616 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 16 | 6984 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 17 | 6691 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 17 | 6629 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 17 | 6698 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 19 | 6248 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 14 | 7840 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 32 | 4423 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 24 | 5458 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 22 | 5797 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 23 | 5644 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 18 | 6872 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 15 | 7783 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 22 | 5977 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 18 | 7066 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 23 | 5955 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 14 | 8520 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 20 | 6356 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 22 | 5600 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 30 | 4492 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 19 | 6055 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 17 | 6392 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 13 | 7724 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 24 | 4791 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 27 | 4201 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 21 | 4955 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 20 | 5010 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 32 | 3505 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 31 | 3492 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 42 | 2848 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 22 | 4524 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 22 | 4528 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 42 | 2790 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 34 | 3227 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 32 | 3253 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 34 | 2987 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 44 | 2360 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 28 | 3203 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 52 | 2048 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 42 | 2299 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 60 | 1770 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 47 | 2150 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 52 | 2009 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 45 | 2218 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 53 | 1952 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 62 | 1690 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 48 | 2002 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 47 | 1912 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 59 | 1640 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 73 | 1399 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 61 | 1527 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 69 | 1414 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 101 | 1148 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 125 | 997 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 127 | 943 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 99 | 1056 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 144 | 843 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 112 | 960 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 163 | 778 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 221 | 692 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 207 | 707 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 218 | 698 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 268 | 626 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 274 | 600 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 284 | 589 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 240 | 634 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 255 | 611 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 297 | 543 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 334 | 505 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 355 | 469 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 328 | 473 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 323 | 469 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 264 | 510 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 292 | 474 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 284 | 477 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 307 | 455 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 300 | 475 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 276 | 474 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 214 | 499 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 202 | 507 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 221 | 500 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 200 | 526 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 118 | 651 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 124 | 632 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 103 | 668 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 96 | 701 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 88 | 720 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 55 | 921 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 65 | 855 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 67 | 831 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 53 | 937 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 52 | 979 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 42 | 1092 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 40 | 1181 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 34 | 1282 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 45 | 1136 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 40 | 1233 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 44 | 1148 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 47 | 1119 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 48 | 1123 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 65 | 907 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 54 | 1022 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 57 | 987 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 61 | 931 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 48 | 1042 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 29 | 1451 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 34 | 1241 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 22 | 1630 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 18 | 1800 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 17 | 1603 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 13 | 1670 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 16 | 1352 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 6 | 2191 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 6 | 2140 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 8 | 1607 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 6 | 1862 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 5 | 1951 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 5 | 1931 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 6 | 1659 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 5 | 1700 | <5 | — |
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