Merry Popularity by Year
Follow Merry across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Merry 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 | 9 | #10,107 | Down 3,175 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 16 | #6,932 | Up 2,684 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 10 | #9,616 | Down 2,632 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 16 | #6,984 | Down 293 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 17 | #6,691 | Down 62 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 17 | #6,629 | Up 69 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 17 | #6,698 | Down 450 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 19 | #6,248 | Up 1,592 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 14 | #7,840 | Down 3,417 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 32 | #4,423 | Up 1,035 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 24 | #5,458 | Up 339 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 22 | #5,797 | Down 153 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 23 | #5,644 | Up 1,228 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 18 | #6,872 | Up 911 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 15 | #7,783 | Down 1,806 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 22 | #5,977 | Up 1,089 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 18 | #7,066 | Down 1,111 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 23 | #5,955 | Up 2,565 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 14 | #8,520 | Down 2,164 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 20 | #6,356 | Down 756 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 22 | #5,600 | Down 1,108 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 30 | #4,492 | Up 1,563 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 19 | #6,055 | Up 337 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 17 | #6,392 | Up 1,332 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 13 | #7,724 | Down 2,933 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 24 | #4,791 | Down 590 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 27 | #4,201 | Up 754 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 21 | #4,955 | Up 55 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 20 | #5,010 | Down 1,505 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 32 | #3,505 | Down 13 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 31 | #3,492 | Down 644 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 42 | #2,848 | Up 1,676 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 22 | #4,524 | Up 4 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 22 | #4,528 | Down 1,738 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 42 | #2,790 | Up 437 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 34 | #3,227 | Up 26 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 32 | #3,253 | Down 266 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 34 | #2,987 | Down 627 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 44 | #2,360 | Up 843 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 28 | #3,203 | Down 1,155 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 52 | #2,048 | Up 251 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 42 | #2,299 | Down 529 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 60 | #1,770 | Up 380 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 47 | #2,150 | Down 141 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 52 | #2,009 | Up 209 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 45 | #2,218 | Down 266 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 53 | #1,952 | Down 262 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 62 | #1,690 | Up 312 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 48 | #2,002 | Down 90 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 47 | #1,912 | Down 272 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 59 | #1,640 | Down 241 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 73 | #1,399 | Up 128 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 61 | #1,527 | Down 113 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 69 | #1,414 | Down 266 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 101 | #1,148 | Down 151 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 125 | #997 | Down 54 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 127 | #943 | Up 113 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 99 | #1,056 | Down 213 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 144 | #843 | Up 117 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 112 | #960 | Down 182 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 163 | #778 | Down 86 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 221 | #692 | Up 15 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 207 | #707 | Down 9 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 218 | #698 | Down 72 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 268 | #626 | Down 26 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 274 | #600 | Down 11 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 284 | #589 | Up 45 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 240 | #634 | Down 23 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 255 | #611 | Down 68 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 297 | #543 | Down 38 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 334 | #505 | Down 36 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 355 | #469 | Up 4 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 328 | #473 | Down 4 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 323 | #469 | Up 41 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 264 | #510 | Down 36 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 292 | #474 | Up 3 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 284 | #477 | Down 22 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 307 | #455 | Up 20 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 300 | #475 | Down 1 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 276 | #474 | Up 25 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 214 | #499 | Up 8 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 202 | #507 | Down 7 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 221 | #500 | Up 26 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 200 | #526 | Up 125 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 118 | #651 | Down 19 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 124 | #632 | Up 36 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 103 | #668 | Up 33 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 96 | #701 | Up 19 places |
| 1937 | Girls | 88 | #720 | Up 201 places |
| 1936 | Girls | 55 | #921 | Down 66 places |
| 1935 | Girls | 65 | #855 | Down 24 places |
| 1934 | Girls | 67 | #831 | Up 106 places |
| 1933 | Girls | 53 | #937 | Up 42 places |
| 1932 | Girls | 52 | #979 | Up 113 places |
| 1931 | Girls | 42 | #1,092 | Up 89 places |
| 1930 | Girls | 40 | #1,181 | Up 101 places |
| 1929 | Girls | 34 | #1,282 | Down 146 places |
| 1928 | Girls | 45 | #1,136 | Up 97 places |
| 1927 | Girls | 40 | #1,233 | Down 85 places |
| 1926 | Girls | 44 | #1,148 | Down 29 places |
| 1925 | Girls | 47 | #1,119 | Up 4 places |
| 1924 | Girls | 48 | #1,123 | Down 216 places |
| 1923 | Girls | 65 | #907 | Up 115 places |
| 1922 | Girls | 54 | #1,022 | Down 35 places |
| 1921 | Girls | 57 | #987 | Down 56 places |
| 1920 | Girls | 61 | #931 | Up 111 places |
| 1919 | Girls | 48 | #1,042 | Up 409 places |
| 1918 | Girls | 29 | #1,451 | Down 210 places |
| 1917 | Girls | 34 | #1,241 | Up 389 places |
| 1916 | Girls | 22 | #1,630 | Up 170 places |
| 1915 | Girls | 18 | #1,800 | Down 197 places |
| 1914 | Girls | 17 | #1,603 | Up 67 places |
| 1913 | Girls | 13 | #1,670 | Down 318 places |
| 1912 | Girls | 16 | #1,352 | Up 839 places |
| 1911 | Girls | 6 | #2,191 | Down 51 places |
| 1910 | Girls | 6 | #2,140 | Down 533 places |
| 1909 | Girls | 8 | #1,607 | Up 255 places |
| 1908 | Girls | 6 | #1,862 | Up 89 places |
| 1906 | Girls | 5 | #1,951 | Down 20 places |
| 1905 | Girls | 5 | #1,931 | Down 272 places |
| 1904 | Girls | 6 | #1,659 | Up 41 places |
| 1898 | Girls | 5 | #1,700 | — |