Merry is an established girls' name that peaked in 1954 and has since faded.
Merry is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #10,634 for girl births in the United States (and #18,004 across all names), given to 9 babies. Merry was first reported in SSA data in 1898 and peaked in 1954 (355 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | #10,634 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | #7,146 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | #10,096 |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | #7,187 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | #6,883 |
| 2020 | 17 | 17 | #6,826 |
| 2019 | 17 | 17 | #6,938 |
| 2018 | 19 | 19 | #6,428 |
| 2017 | 14 | 14 | #8,144 |
| 2016 | 32 | 32 | #4,494 |
| 2015 | 24 | 24 | #5,606 |
| 2014 | 22 | 22 | #5,921 |
| 2013 | 23 | 23 | #5,776 |
| 2012 | 18 | 18 | #7,064 |
| 2011 | 15 | 15 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 22 | 22 | #6,110 |
| 2009 | 18 | 18 | #7,251 |
| 2008 | 23 | 23 | #6,078 |
| 2007 | 14 | 14 | #8,858 |
| 2006 | 20 | 20 | #6,525 |
| 2005 | 22 | 22 | #5,723 |
| 2004 | 30 | 30 | #4,576 |
| 2003 | 19 | 19 | #6,233 |
| 2002 | 17 | 17 | #6,593 |
| 2001 | 13 | 13 | #8,045 |
| 2000 | 24 | 24 | #4,924 |
| 1999 | 27 | 27 | #4,264 |
| 1998 | 21 | 21 | #5,071 |
| 1997 | 20 | — | #5,153 |
| 1996 | 32 | — | #3,547 |
| 1995 | 31 | — | #3,555 |
| 1994 | 42 | — | #2,865 |
| 1993 | 22 | — | #4,614 |
| 1992 | 22 | — | #4,631 |
| 1991 | 42 | — | #2,823 |
| 1990 | 34 | — | #3,269 |
| 1989 | 32 | — | #3,301 |
| 1988 | 34 | — | #3,015 |
| 1987 | 44 | — | #2,382 |
| 1986 | 28 | — | #3,242 |
| 1985 | 52 | — | #2,063 |
| 1984 | 42 | — | #2,327 |
| 1983 | 60 | — | #1,787 |
| 1982 | 47 | — | #2,174 |
| 1981 | 52 | — | #2,021 |
| 1980 | 45 | — | #2,235 |
| 1979 | 53 | — | #1,966 |
| 1978 | 62 | — | #1,699 |
| 1977 | 48 | — | #2,016 |
| 1976 | 47 | — | #1,925 |
| 1975 | 59 | — | #1,649 |
| 1974 | 73 | — | #1,408 |
| 1973 | 61 | — | #1,536 |
| 1972 | 69 | — | #1,429 |
| 1971 | 101 | — | #1,156 |
| 1970 | 125 | — | #1,005 |
| 1969 | 127 | — | #949 |
| 1968 | 99 | — | #1,064 |
| 1967 | 144 | — | #845 |
| 1966 | 112 | — | #964 |
| 1965 | 163 | — | #778 |
| 1964 | 221 | — | #693 |
| 1963 | 207 | — | #709 |
| 1962 | 218 | — | #699 |
| 1961 | 268 | — | #626 |
| 1960 | 274 | — | #603 |
| 1959 | 284 | — | #589 |
| 1958 | 240 | — | #635 |
| 1957 | 255 | — | #613 |
| 1956 | 297 | — | #543 |
| 1955 | 334 | — | #505 |
| 1954 | 355 | — | #472 |
| 1953 | 328 | — | #474 |
| 1952 | 323 | — | #470 |
| 1951 | 264 | — | #511 |
| 1950 | 292 | — | #474 |
| 1949 | 284 | — | #479 |
| 1948 | 307 | — | #456 |
| 1947 | 300 | — | #475 |
| 1946 | 276 | — | #474 |
| 1945 | 214 | — | #500 |
| 1944 | 202 | — | #508 |
| 1943 | 221 | — | #501 |
| 1942 | 200 | — | #526 |
| 1941 | 118 | — | #653 |
| 1940 | 124 | — | #634 |
| 1939 | 103 | — | #670 |
| 1938 | 96 | — | #704 |
| 1937 | 88 | — | #722 |
| 1936 | 55 | — | #928 |
| 1935 | 65 | — | #859 |
| 1934 | 67 | — | #838 |
| 1933 | 53 | — | #944 |
| 1932 | 52 | — | #986 |
| 1931 | 42 | — | #1,100 |
| 1930 | 40 | — | #1,191 |
| 1929 | 34 | — | #1,301 |
| 1928 | 45 | — | #1,145 |
| 1927 | 40 | — | #1,251 |
| 1926 | 44 | — | #1,162 |
| 1925 | 47 | — | #1,132 |
| 1924 | 48 | — | #1,135 |
| 1923 | 65 | — | #911 |
| 1922 | 54 | — | #1,027 |
| 1921 | 57 | — | #998 |
| 1920 | 61 | — | #936 |
| 1919 | 48 | — | #1,049 |
| 1918 | 29 | — | #1,483 |
| 1917 | 34 | — | #1,253 |
| 1916 | 22 | — | #1,663 |
| 1915 | 18 | — | #1,855 |
| 1914 | 17 | — | #1,643 |
| 1913 | 13 | — | #1,732 |
| 1912 | 16 | — | #1,400 |
| 1911 | 6 | — | #2,381 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #2,320 |
| 1909 | 8 | — | #1,704 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | #2,027 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | #2,134 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | #2,139 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | #1,795 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | #1,872 |