# Merrie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/merrie/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,632 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,632 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 7 | 8,931 |
| 1986 | 10 | 6,936 |
| 1988 | 10 | 7,492 |
| 1990 | 11 | 7,676 |
| 1991 | 10 | 8,383 |
| 1992 | 6 | 12,796 |
| 1993 | 10 | 8,479 |
| 1994 | 6 | 12,843 |
| 1995 | 7 | 11,323 |
| 1998 | 5 | 15,749 |
| 1999 | 5 | 16,025 |
| 2000 | 5 | 16,695 |
| 2001 | 5 | 17,049 |
| 2002 | 5 | 17,219 |
| 2004 | 5 | 17,898 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |

## 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.