Merry
2 countries#10107 in United States, 2025US
#10107
in United States, 2025
FR
#3998
in France, 2022
Total births recorded
10,623
Peak year (United States)
1954
Peak-year count
355
First recorded
1898
Popularity across 2 countries
Each line is scaled to its own peak, so you can compare when Merry was in fashion in each country, whatever the population size.
United StatesFrance
Country by country
United States
10,369 births recorded 1898–2025 · currently #10107 · peaked in 1954 with 355 births
Most common in: California, Illinois, Michigan, Texas, New York
Source: Social Security Administration, official birth-registration data
France
254 births recorded 1910–2022 · currently #3998 · peaked in 1988 with 14 births
Most common in: Paris
Source: INSEE, official birth-registration data
United States rank history
Merry’s rank among girls’ names, most recent 20 years on record.
| Year | Rank | vs. prior yr |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | #6356 | — |
| 2007 | #8520 | ↓2164 |
| 2008 | #5955 | ↑2565 |
| 2009 | #7066 | ↓1111 |
| 2010 | #5977 | ↑1089 |
| 2011 | #7783 | ↓1806 |
| 2012 | #6872 | ↑911 |
| 2013 | #5644 | ↑1228 |
| 2014 | #5797 | ↓153 |
| 2015 | #5458 | ↑339 |
| 2016 | #4423 | ↑1035 |
| 2017 | #7840 | ↓3417 |
| 2018 | #6248 | ↑1592 |
| 2019 | #6698 | ↓450 |
| 2020 | #6629 | ↑69 |
| 2021 | #6691 | ↓62 |
| 2022 | #6984 | ↓293 |
| 2023 | #9616 | ↓2632 |
| 2024 | #6932 | ↑2684 |
| 2025 | #10107 | ↓3175 |
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