Merrie Popularity by Year
Follow Merrie across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Merrie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Girls | 5 | #16,099 | Down 667 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 5 | #15,432 | Down 80 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 5 | #15,352 | Down 321 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 5 | #15,031 | Down 620 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 5 | #14,411 | Down 289 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 5 | #14,122 | Down 3,608 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 7 | #10,514 | Up 1,264 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 6 | #11,778 | Down 3,726 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 10 | #8,052 | Up 3,686 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 6 | #11,738 | Down 3,751 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 10 | #7,987 | Down 684 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 11 | #7,303 | Down 192 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 10 | #7,111 | Down 499 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 10 | #6,612 | Up 1,706 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 7 | #8,318 | Down 2,419 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 11 | #5,899 | Up 3,116 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 6 | #9,015 | Down 2,644 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 10 | #6,371 | Down 1,408 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 14 | #4,963 | Down 446 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 16 | #4,517 | Down 286 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 17 | #4,231 | Down 454 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 19 | #3,777 | Down 291 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 21 | #3,486 | Up 668 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 15 | #4,154 | Down 1,102 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 23 | #3,052 | Up 643 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 17 | #3,695 | Down 781 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 23 | #2,914 | Down 463 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 29 | #2,451 | Down 24 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 31 | #2,427 | Down 187 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 35 | #2,240 | Down 217 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 38 | #2,023 | Up 141 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 31 | #2,164 | Down 482 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 46 | #1,682 | Up 54 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 42 | #1,736 | Down 141 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 49 | #1,595 | Down 234 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 68 | #1,361 | No rank change |
| 1963 | Girls | 66 | #1,361 | Up 95 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 58 | #1,456 | Down 81 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 66 | #1,375 | Down 139 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 78 | #1,236 | Down 258 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 117 | #978 | Up 225 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 78 | #1,203 | Up 141 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 62 | #1,344 | Down 367 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 107 | #977 | Up 118 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 84 | #1,095 | Down 126 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 100 | #969 | Up 71 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 86 | #1,040 | Down 43 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 89 | #997 | Up 193 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 61 | #1,190 | Down 253 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 91 | #937 | Up 184 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 65 | #1,121 | Down 5 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 64 | #1,116 | Down 30 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 67 | #1,086 | Down 28 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 64 | #1,058 | Down 26 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 56 | #1,032 | Up 58 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 51 | #1,090 | Up 79 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 48 | #1,169 | Up 244 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 33 | #1,413 | Up 88 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 27 | #1,501 | Up 291 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 20 | #1,792 | Up 333 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 15 | #2,125 | Down 712 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 28 | #1,413 | Up 322 places |
| 1937 | Girls | 20 | #1,735 | Up 66 places |
| 1936 | Girls | 18 | #1,801 | Up 205 places |
| 1935 | Girls | 16 | #2,006 | Up 561 places |
| 1934 | Girls | 11 | #2,567 | Up 1,186 places |
| 1933 | Girls | 6 | #3,753 | Up 148 places |
| 1932 | Girls | 6 | #3,901 | Down 53 places |
| 1931 | Girls | 6 | #3,848 | Down 1,296 places |
| 1930 | Girls | 12 | #2,552 | Up 185 places |
| 1929 | Girls | 11 | #2,737 | Down 714 places |
| 1928 | Girls | 18 | #2,023 | Up 836 places |
| 1927 | Girls | 11 | #2,859 | Down 290 places |
| 1926 | Girls | 13 | #2,569 | Down 286 places |
| 1925 | Girls | 16 | #2,283 | Up 1,110 places |
| 1924 | Girls | 9 | #3,393 | Down 928 places |
| 1923 | Girls | 14 | #2,465 | Down 279 places |
| 1922 | Girls | 17 | #2,186 | Up 323 places |
| 1921 | Girls | 14 | #2,509 | Down 152 places |
| 1920 | Girls | 15 | #2,357 | Up 1,460 places |
| 1919 | Girls | 7 | #3,817 | Down 1,608 places |
| 1918 | Girls | 16 | #2,209 | Down 5 places |
| 1917 | Girls | 15 | #2,204 | Up 1,230 places |
| 1915 | Girls | 7 | #3,434 | Down 1,226 places |
| 1909 | Girls | 5 | #2,208 | — |