Merrily Popularity by Year
Follow Merrily across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Merrily 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 5 | #14,942 | Down 1,465 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 6 | #13,477 | Up 1,875 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 5 | #15,352 | Down 2,205 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 5 | #13,147 | Down 1,822 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 5 | #11,325 | Down 808 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 5 | #10,517 | Down 2,389 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 7 | #8,128 | Up 882 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 6 | #9,010 | Down 448 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 6 | #8,562 | Down 1,266 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 7 | #7,296 | Up 1,771 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 5 | #9,067 | Down 292 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 5 | #8,775 | Down 4,413 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 13 | #4,362 | Up 2,196 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 7 | #6,558 | Down 552 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 8 | #6,006 | Down 945 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 10 | #5,061 | Up 2,410 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 5 | #7,471 | Down 2,692 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 9 | #4,779 | Up 2,025 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 5 | #6,804 | Down 3,064 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 12 | #3,740 | Up 462 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 10 | #4,202 | Down 1,602 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 23 | #2,600 | Up 1,201 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 12 | #3,801 | Up 210 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 11 | #4,011 | Down 403 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 13 | #3,608 | Up 312 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 11 | #3,920 | Down 940 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 16 | #2,980 | Up 105 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 15 | #3,085 | Down 434 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 19 | #2,651 | Up 535 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 14 | #3,186 | Down 91 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 14 | #3,095 | Down 800 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 22 | #2,295 | Up 811 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 13 | #3,106 | Down 300 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 15 | #2,806 | Down 112 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 15 | #2,694 | Down 900 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 28 | #1,794 | Down 27 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 29 | #1,767 | Down 247 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 37 | #1,520 | Down 10 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 39 | #1,510 | Down 468 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 66 | #1,042 | Up 38 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 53 | #1,080 | Down 171 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 71 | #909 | Down 212 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 120 | #697 | Down 185 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 210 | #512 | Up 1,885 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 13 | #2,397 | Up 1,032 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 7 | #3,429 | Up 752 places |
| 1936 | Girls | 5 | #4,181 | — |