Merri Popularity by Year
Follow Merri across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Merri 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Girls | 5 | #16,869 | Up 767 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 5 | #17,636 | Down 3,457 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 6 | #14,179 | Down 1,992 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 7 | #12,187 | Down 386 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 7 | #11,801 | Down 4,562 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 13 | #7,239 | Up 6,883 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 5 | #14,122 | Down 2,052 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 6 | #12,070 | Down 263 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 6 | #11,807 | Down 2,254 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 8 | #9,553 | Up 33 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 8 | #9,586 | Down 27 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 8 | #9,559 | Down 1,494 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 10 | #8,065 | Down 3,568 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 22 | #4,497 | Up 1,968 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 13 | #6,465 | Up 1,572 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 9 | #8,037 | Down 3,384 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 18 | #4,653 | Up 421 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 15 | #5,074 | Down 350 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 16 | #4,724 | Down 442 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 18 | #4,282 | Down 556 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 21 | #3,726 | Up 80 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 20 | #3,806 | Down 789 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 29 | #3,017 | Up 323 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 25 | #3,340 | Down 474 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 31 | #2,866 | Up 281 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 26 | #3,147 | Down 205 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 27 | #2,942 | Down 561 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 37 | #2,381 | Down 171 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 38 | #2,210 | Down 113 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 41 | #2,097 | Up 519 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 28 | #2,616 | Down 393 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 35 | #2,223 | Down 616 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 56 | #1,607 | Up 79 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 54 | #1,686 | Down 332 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 77 | #1,354 | Up 99 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 65 | #1,453 | Down 217 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 78 | #1,236 | Down 139 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 90 | #1,097 | Down 19 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 95 | #1,078 | Down 8 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 96 | #1,070 | Down 180 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 136 | #890 | Down 57 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 157 | #833 | Up 40 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 144 | #873 | Up 43 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 139 | #916 | Down 67 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 150 | #849 | Up 22 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 140 | #871 | Up 90 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 115 | #961 | Down 22 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 120 | #939 | Up 1 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 115 | #940 | Down 82 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 128 | #858 | Up 14 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 120 | #872 | Up 146 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 89 | #1,018 | Up 167 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 64 | #1,185 | Up 92 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 53 | #1,277 | Up 56 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 47 | #1,333 | Down 113 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 55 | #1,220 | Up 253 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 39 | #1,473 | Up 15 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 40 | #1,488 | Up 129 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 30 | #1,617 | Up 257 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 20 | #1,874 | Down 66 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 22 | #1,808 | Up 544 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 15 | #2,352 | Down 41 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 15 | #2,311 | Up 2,109 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 5 | #4,420 | Down 917 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 7 | #3,503 | Up 747 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 5 | #4,250 | Down 403 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 6 | #3,847 | Down 413 places |
| 1937 | Girls | 7 | #3,434 | Up 619 places |
| 1929 | Girls | 6 | #4,053 | Down 96 places |
| 1920 | Girls | 7 | #3,957 | — |