Merrily
Merrily is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 513th, in 1942.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1942210 births
- Best rank
- #513in 1942
- Since 1936
- 1,032people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,032 girls have been named Merrily in the United States since 1936, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1942, with 210 births.
The name has all but left use: 6 births in 2024, against 210 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1946, and the 1940s alone account for 62%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1942, its biggest year
Merrily was the 513th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1942 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Linda and Carol. See all of 1942.
Names that rose and fell with Merrily
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Judiepeak 1943
- Jerilynnpeak 1942
- Judithpeak 1943
- Suellenpeak 1941
- Sharronpeak 1943
- Saundrapeak 1947
- Judypeak 1947
- Hedypeak 1942
Other spellings in the data
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.