How Many People Are Named Merry?
people named Merry are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 46,343 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,369 babies named Merry in Social Security records from 1898 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
355 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Merry in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Merry alive today is about 62 years old, and 69% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 55 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Merry first appears in the records in 1898 and was given most often in 1954, to 355 babies. In 2025, 9 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1898 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Merry has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #456, in 1948. In 2025 it ranked #10,630.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,630 |
| Best rank | #456 (1948) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #529 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Merry alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Merry were born in California than in any other state: about 642 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Merry was given 2.1 times as often in Washington, 2 times in Minnesota and 1.9 times in Michigan.
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