Feminine dossier · first seen 1895

Merna

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1930

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1895Peak 19302024

Peak year

1930

Decline from peak

89.9%

2024

All-time

2,461

Merna 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 1930, when 79 girls were named Merna.

In 2024, only 8 girls were given the name.

Down 89.9% from its peak.

All told, about 2,461 Americans have been named Merna and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1895.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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