Feminine dossier · first seen 1916

Merida

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Merida
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2017

Peak rank proxy

116

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1916Peak 20172024

Peak year

2017

Decline from peak

37.1%

2024

All-time

1,501

Merida has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2017, when 116 girls were named Merida.

In 2024, only 73 girls were given the name.

Down 37.1% from its peak.

All told, about 1,501 Americans have been named Merida and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1916.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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