Merriam Popularity by Year

Follow Merriam across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Merriam birth-count history

The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.

Year	Category	Births	Rank	Change from previous recorded year
2025	Girls	5	#14,942	Down 1,149 places
2018	Girls	6	#13,793	Up 1,359 places
2006	Girls	6	#15,152	Up 1,310 places
2005	Girls	5	#16,462	Down 2,051 places
1999	Girls	5	#14,411	Down 7,844 places
1961	Girls	5	#6,567	Down 464 places
1958	Girls	5	#6,103	Down 895 places
1955	Girls	6	#5,208	Up 465 places
1953	Girls	5	#5,673	Down 110 places
1952	Girls	5	#5,563	Down 730 places
1951	Girls	6	#4,833	Up 468 places
1950	Girls	5	#5,301	Down 1,708 places
1948	Girls	9	#3,593	Up 414 places
1947	Girls	8	#4,007	Up 410 places
1946	Girls	6	#4,417	Up 139 places
1945	Girls	5	#4,556	Up 18 places
1944	Girls	5	#4,574	Down 2,127 places
1943	Girls	14	#2,447	Up 583 places
1941	Girls	9	#3,030	Up 178 places
1940	Girls	8	#3,208	Up 1,134 places
1938	Girls	5	#4,342	Down 87 places
1937	Girls	5	#4,255	Down 1,566 places
1936	Girls	10	#2,689	Up 1,053 places
1935	Girls	6	#3,742	Down 1,175 places
1934	Girls	11	#2,567	Up 1,651 places
1933	Girls	5	#4,218	Down 944 places
1932	Girls	8	#3,274	Up 1,057 places
1931	Girls	5	#4,331	Down 1,594 places
1929	Girls	11	#2,737	Up 1,006 places
1928	Girls	7	#3,743	Up 132 places
1927	Girls	7	#3,875	Down 311 places
1926	Girls	8	#3,564	Down 202 places
1925	Girls	9	#3,362	Down 553 places
1924	Girls	12	#2,809	Up 541 places
1923	Girls	9	#3,350	Down 1,059 places
1922	Girls	16	#2,291	Up 471 places
1921	Girls	12	#2,762	Up 2,213 places
1920	Girls	5	#4,975	Down 2,162 places
1919	Girls	11	#2,813	Down 294 places
1918	Girls	13	#2,519	Up 33 places
1917	Girls	12	#2,552	Up 106 places
1916	Girls	11	#2,658	Up 476 places
1915	Girls	8	#3,134	Down 258 places
1914	Girls	7	#2,876	Up 311 places
1913	Girls	5	#3,187	Down 208 places
1912	Girls	5	#2,979	—