Merari
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- meh-RAH-ree
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Merari is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “bitter”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Merari mean?
Hebrew: biblical name
“bitter”
In the Bible Merari is a son of Levi; Spanish-speaking families often use the name for girls.
Is Merari a girl's or a boy's name?
Merari is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Merari in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Merari, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2004, with 66 girls. It first appears in the records in 1953.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Merari in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Merari in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,000 |
| 2012 | 36 | #4,119 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,150 |
| 2010 | 50 | #3,255 |
| 2009 | 51 | #3,251 |
| 2008 | 52 | #3,221 |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,930 |
| 2006 | 51 | #3,223 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,965 |
| 2004 | 66 | #2,523 |
| 2003 | 37 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 60 | #2,579 |
| 2001 | 47 | #3,005 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,970 |
| 1999 | 36 | #3,440 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,962 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,352 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
Names like Merari
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sarahi Mariah Malia Nayeli Maryam Anahi Amari Makayla Hadassah Imani Talia Moriah
Names related to Merari
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Merari: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/merari, updated 20 October 2026.