How Many People Are Named Merari?
people named Merari are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 253,361 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,370 babies named Merari in Social Security records from 1953 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
66 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "bitter" in Hebrew. This was the name of the youngest son of Levi in the Old Testament.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Merari, 98.5% were girls and 1.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Merari alive today is about 22 years old, and 77% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 28 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Merari first appears in the records in 1953 and was given most often in 2004, to 66 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1953 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Merari has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,543, in 2004. In 2025 it ranked #9,883.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,883 |
| Best rank | #2,543 (2004) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,049 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Merari alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Merari were born in California than in any other state: about 296 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Merari was given 4.1 times as often in Texas and 3.4 times in California.
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