Merita Popularity by Year
Follow Merita across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Merita birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Girls | 7 | #11,385 | Down 2,368 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 9 | #9,017 | Up 2,790 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 6 | #11,807 | Down 1,293 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 7 | #10,514 | Up 55 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 7 | #10,569 | Up 2,873 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 5 | #13,442 | Down 125 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 5 | #13,317 | Down 1,519 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 5 | #11,798 | Down 3,275 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 7 | #8,523 | Down 1,125 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 8 | #7,398 | Up 2,877 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 5 | #10,275 | Up 242 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 5 | #10,517 | Down 2,339 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 7 | #8,178 | Down 117 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 7 | #8,061 | Down 1,676 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 9 | #6,385 | Up 2,059 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 6 | #8,444 | Up 840 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 5 | #9,284 | Down 3,026 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 8 | #6,258 | Down 299 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 8 | #5,959 | Up 2,365 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 5 | #8,324 | Down 4,612 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 16 | #3,712 | Up 1,011 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 10 | #4,723 | Down 934 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 13 | #3,789 | Up 56 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 12 | #3,845 | Up 114 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 11 | #3,959 | Down 695 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 15 | #3,264 | Down 664 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 23 | #2,600 | Up 180 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 20 | #2,780 | Up 513 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 15 | #3,293 | Down 750 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 23 | #2,543 | Up 446 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 17 | #2,989 | Down 935 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 30 | #2,054 | Up 322 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 23 | #2,376 | Down 472 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 33 | #1,904 | Down 108 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 35 | #1,796 | Down 298 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 46 | #1,498 | Up 451 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 29 | #1,949 | Up 24 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 27 | #1,973 | Up 50 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 25 | #2,023 | Down 181 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 28 | #1,842 | Up 29 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 26 | #1,871 | Down 104 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 29 | #1,767 | Up 11 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 28 | #1,778 | Up 85 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 27 | #1,863 | Up 365 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 18 | #2,228 | Up 230 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 13 | #2,458 | Down 431 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 18 | #2,027 | Down 236 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 23 | #1,791 | Up 126 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 20 | #1,917 | Down 221 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 22 | #1,696 | Down 254 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 28 | #1,442 | Up 242 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 21 | #1,684 | Up 337 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 16 | #2,021 | Down 528 places |
| 1937 | Girls | 25 | #1,493 | Up 539 places |
| 1936 | Girls | 15 | #2,032 | Down 187 places |
| 1935 | Girls | 18 | #1,845 | Down 11 places |
| 1934 | Girls | 18 | #1,834 | Up 706 places |
| 1933 | Girls | 11 | #2,540 | Down 786 places |
| 1932 | Girls | 20 | #1,754 | Up 673 places |
| 1931 | Girls | 12 | #2,427 | Down 612 places |
| 1930 | Girls | 20 | #1,815 | Up 622 places |
| 1929 | Girls | 13 | #2,437 | Down 153 places |
| 1928 | Girls | 15 | #2,284 | Up 2,002 places |
| 1927 | Girls | 6 | #4,286 | Down 722 places |
| 1926 | Girls | 8 | #3,564 | Down 448 places |
| 1925 | Girls | 10 | #3,116 | Up 277 places |
| 1924 | Girls | 9 | #3,393 | Up 248 places |
| 1923 | Girls | 8 | #3,641 | Up 14 places |
| 1922 | Girls | 8 | #3,655 | Up 809 places |
| 1921 | Girls | 6 | #4,464 | Down 66 places |
| 1920 | Girls | 6 | #4,398 | Up 411 places |
| 1918 | Girls | 5 | #4,809 | Down 1,096 places |
| 1917 | Girls | 7 | #3,713 | Down 95 places |
| 1914 | Girls | 5 | #3,618 | Down 639 places |
| 1912 | Girls | 5 | #2,979 | — |