Merida is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #4681 for girl births in the United States, given to 65 babies. Merida first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2017 (116 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #4,681 |
| 2024 | 74 | #4,347 |
| 2023 | 66 | #4,683 |
| 2022 | 80 | #4,139 |
| 2021 | 90 | #3,793 |
| 2020 | 91 | #3,683 |
| 2019 | 85 | #3,886 |
| 2018 | 85 | #3,919 |
| 2017 | 116 | #3,211 |
| 2016 | 102 | #3,491 |
| 2015 | 99 | #3,568 |
| 2014 | 103 | #3,435 |
| 2013 | 110 | #3,281 |
| 2012 | 19 | #11,009 |
| 2002 | 5 | #24,248 |
| 2001 | 5 | #24,039 |
| 1996 | 8 | #15,059 |
| 1992 | 7 | #15,936 |
| 1990 | 5 | #19,446 |
| 1988 | 6 | #15,450 |
| 1985 | 5 | #15,692 |
| 1984 | 6 | #13,479 |
| 1983 | 5 | #15,095 |
| 1981 | 10 | #9,504 |
| 1980 | 11 | #8,930 |
| 1979 | 10 | #9,341 |
| 1978 | 7 | #11,256 |
| 1977 | 5 | #14,208 |
| 1976 | 6 | #12,014 |
| 1975 | 10 | #8,352 |
| 1973 | 10 | #7,855 |
| 1972 | 11 | #7,271 |
| 1968 | 11 | #6,336 |
| 1967 | 6 | #8,782 |
| 1966 | 9 | #6,731 |
| 1965 | 9 | #6,724 |
| 1964 | 5 | #9,823 |
| 1963 | 9 | #6,820 |
| 1961 | 8 | #7,301 |
| 1960 | 9 | #6,695 |
| 1959 | 8 | #6,990 |
| 1957 | 12 | #5,430 |
| 1956 | 7 | #7,348 |
| 1953 | 8 | #6,519 |
| 1952 | 6 | #7,524 |
| 1951 | 9 | #5,876 |
| 1949 | 13 | #4,633 |
| 1948 | 7 | #6,579 |
| 1947 | 7 | #6,768 |
| 1945 | 6 | #6,356 |
| 1943 | 11 | #4,728 |
| 1942 | 8 | #5,579 |
| 1941 | 7 | #5,817 |
| 1940 | 6 | #6,277 |
| 1939 | 6 | #6,212 |
| 1938 | 5 | #7,049 |
| 1937 | 10 | #4,619 |
| 1936 | 7 | #5,621 |
| 1935 | 5 | #7,051 |
| 1933 | 7 | #5,773 |
| 1932 | 6 | #6,520 |
| 1929 | 7 | #6,232 |
| 1924 | 5 | #8,482 |
| 1921 | 5 | #8,490 |
| 1916 | 6 | #6,733 |
| 1880 | 5 | #1,846 |