How Many People Are Named Merna?
people named Merna are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 387,951 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,461 babies named Merna in Social Security records from 1895 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
79 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Merna in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Merna alive today is about 58 years old, and 64% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 25 and 82 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Merna first appears in the records in 1895 and was given most often in 1930, to 79 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1895 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Merna has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #799, in 1930.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #799 (1930) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #919 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Merna alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Merna were born in Nebraska than in any other state: about 28 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Merna was given 38.3 times as often in Nebraska, 11.7 times in Iowa and 2.2 times in Illinois.
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