NameTides

Merida

Merida was the #2,645 girls' name in the US in 2025 (65 babies), and #3,035 in England & Wales.

Merida as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Merida as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandUSEngland & Wales
Merida as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#2,645 (65)#3,035 (8)#539 (5)—
2024#2,434 (74)#2,412 (11)#790 (3)—
2023#2,646 (66)#2,346 (11)—#2,027 (10)
2022#2,319 (80)#2,058 (13)#760 (3)—
2021#2,103 (90)#1,962 (14)#558 (5)#3,280 (5)
2020#2,034 (91)#2,042 (13)#471 (6)#2,873 (6)
2019#2,170 (85)#1,940 (14)#447 (7)#2,025 (10)
2018#2,190 (85)#1,490 (21)#583 (5)—
2017#1,792 (116)#2,706 (9)#808 (3)#2,876 (6)
2016#1,956 (102)#2,547 (10)#675 (4)—
2015#1,996 (99)#2,496 (10)#509 (6)#1,874 (11)
2014#1,940 (103)#2,659 (9)#477 (7)#2,185 (9)
2013#1,834 (110)#3,536 (6)#449 (7)#2,595 (7)
2012#6,576 (19)———
2002#15,432 (5)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #1,792.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1916.

How common is it?

about 1 in 25,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 31,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Merida is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 27,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 23,000 to 1 in 32,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Merida by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,948CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,902TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Merida (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MeridaCanadaGirls—too few
MeridaEngland & WalesGirls#3,0358
MeridaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MeridaScotlandGirls#5395
MeridaUSGirls#2,64565
MeridaUSBoys—too few