# Merida (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/merida/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɛ(ə)ɹ.ɪ.də/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Meri |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,572 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 1,567 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 149, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly a coinage based on Mary, or transferred from the Spanish place name Mérida.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | 17,218 |
| 2012 | 19 | 6,788 |
| 2013 | 110 | 1,842 |
| 2014 | 103 | 1,949 |
| 2015 | 99 | 2,009 |
| 2016 | 102 | 1,967 |
| 2017 | 116 | 1,796 |
| 2018 | 85 | 2,202 |
| 2019 | 85 | 2,186 |
| 2020 | 91 | 2,045 |
| 2021 | 90 | 2,114 |
| 2022 | 80 | 2,334 |
| 2023 | 66 | 2,664 |
| 2024 | 74 | 2,451 |
| 2025 | 65 | 2,677 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 5 | 1,013 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,706 |
| 2018 | 21 | 1,490 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,940 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2,042 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,962 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,346 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.