Feminine dossier · first seen 1936

Merrily

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

Endangered Down 97.1% from peak

Peak era

1942

Peak rank proxy

210

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1936Peak 19422024

Peak year

1942

Decline from peak

97.1%

2024

All-time

1,032

Merrily once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1942, when 210 girls were named Merrily.

In 2024, only 6 girls were given the name.

Down 97.1% from its peak.

All told, about 1,032 Americans have been named Merrily and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1936.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.1% from peak

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