Merida is a rare girls' name that peaked in 2017 and has grown less common since.
Merida is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,677 for girl births in the United States (and #4,721 across all names), given to 65 babies. Merida was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2017 (116 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | 65 | #2,677 | — |
| 2024 | 74 | 74 | #2,451 | — |
| 2023 | 66 | 66 | #2,664 | — |
| 2022 | 80 | 80 | #2,334 | — |
| 2021 | 90 | 90 | #2,114 | — |
| 2020 | 91 | 91 | #2,045 | — |
| 2019 | 85 | 85 | #2,186 | — |
| 2018 | 85 | 85 | #2,202 | — |
| 2017 | 116 | 116 | #1,796 | — |
| 2016 | 102 | 102 | #1,967 | — |
| 2015 | 99 | 99 | #2,009 | — |
| 2014 | 103 | 103 | #1,949 | — |
| 2013 | 110 | 110 | #1,842 | — |
| 2012 | 19 | 19 | #6,788 | — |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | #17,218 | — |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | #17,046 | — |
| 1996 | 8 | — | #10,207 | — |
| 1992 | 7 | — | #11,266 | — |
| 1990 | 5 | — | #14,417 | — |
| 1988 | 6 | — | #11,261 | — |
| 1985 | 5 | — | #11,813 | — |
| 1984 | 6 | — | #9,907 | — |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #11,353 | — |
| 1981 | 10 | — | #6,642 | — |
| 1980 | 11 | — | #6,180 | — |
| 1979 | 10 | — | #6,520 | — |
| 1978 | 7 | — | #8,216 | — |
| 1977 | 5 | — | #10,651 | — |
| 1976 | 6 | — | #8,831 | — |
| 1975 | 10 | — | #5,818 | — |
| 1973 | 10 | — | #5,440 | — |
| 1972 | 11 | — | #4,985 | — |
| 1968 | 11 | — | #4,396 | — |
| 1967 | 6 | — | #6,537 | — |
| 1966 | 9 | — | #4,741 | — |
| 1965 | 9 | — | #4,719 | — |
| 1964 | 5 | — | #7,451 | — |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #4,780 | — |
| 1961 | 8 | — | #5,148 | — |
| 1960 | 9 | — | #4,662 | — |
| 1959 | 8 | — | #4,896 | — |
| 1957 | 12 | — | #3,611 | — |
| 1956 | 7 | — | #5,160 | — |
| 1953 | 8 | — | #4,461 | — |
| 1952 | 6 | — | #5,341 | — |
| 1951 | 9 | — | #3,904 | — |
| 1949 | 13 | — | #2,951 | — |
| 1948 | 7 | — | #4,495 | — |
| 1947 | 7 | — | #4,632 | — |
| 1945 | 6 | — | #4,375 | — |
| 1943 | 11 | — | #2,979 | — |
| 1942 | 8 | — | #3,634 | — |
| 1941 | 7 | — | #3,845 | — |
| 1940 | 6 | — | #4,195 | — |
| 1939 | 6 | — | #4,109 | — |
| 1938 | 5 | — | #4,775 | — |
| 1937 | 10 | — | #2,875 | — |
| 1936 | 7 | — | #3,610 | — |
| 1935 | 5 | — | #4,681 | — |
| 1933 | 7 | — | #3,649 | — |
| 1932 | 6 | — | #4,252 | — |
| 1929 | 7 | — | #3,929 | — |
| 1924 | 5 | — | #5,625 | — |
| 1921 | 5 | — | #5,643 | — |
| 1916 | 6 | — | #4,240 | — |
| 1880 | 5 | — | — | #1,013 |