Merna
Merna is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. Its best rank was 799th, in 1930.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 193079 births
- Best rank
- #799in 1930
- Since 1895
- 2,461people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,461 girls have been named Merna in the United States since 1895, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1930, with 79 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1934, and the 1930s alone account for 24%. It has spent 14 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Merna | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 27 | |
| 1900s | 78 | |
| 1910s | 323 | |
| 1920s | 525 | |
| 1930s | 582 | |
| 1940s | 317 | |
| 1950s | 214 | |
| 1960s | 100 | |
| 1970s | 18 | |
| 1980s | 7 | |
| 1990s | 43 | |
| 2000s | 88 | |
| 2010s | 87 | |
| 2020s | 52 |
In 1930, its biggest year
Merna was the 799th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1930 were Mary, Betty, Dorothy, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1930.
Names that rose and fell with Merna
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Cletapeak 1935
- Verlapeak 1922
- Pearlinepeak 1927
- Wilmapeak 1925
- Veltapeak 1927
- Romainepeak 1928
- Laruepeak 1920
- Loispeak 1927
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.