How Many People Are Named Merri?

2,687

people named Merri are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 127,199 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,170 babies named Merri in Social Security records from 1920 to 2012, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,547

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#3,107

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Peak Year

1963

157 births

Trend

2012

Last year given

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Merri in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Merri alive today is about 60 years old, and 62% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 55 and 68 in 2025.

Under 30 59
2.2%
30 to 59 954
35.5%
60 and over 1,675
62.3%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Merri first appears in the records in 1920 and was given most often in 1963, to 157 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2012.

Babies given the name each year, 1920 to 2012

🏆 Rank History

Merri has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #834, in 1963.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#834 (1963)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#995 in the 1960s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Merri alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Merri were born in California than in any other state: about 184 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Merri was given 3 times as often in Washington, 2.4 times in Michigan and 2 times in California.

California 184
New York 130
Michigan 115
Texas 105
Ohio 92
Illinois 73
Washington 47
Georgia 40
Indiana 36
Pennsylvania 33
Florida 24
Iowa 23
Minnesota 21
Wisconsin 21
Colorado 16
Alabama 14
South Carolina 9
North Carolina 9
Louisiana 9
Massachusetts 6
Kansas 6
Virginia 5
Arkansas 5
Oregon 4
Montana 4
Tennessee 4
Missouri 4
Idaho 4

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