Merary
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- meh-RAH-ree
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Merary is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “bitter”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Merary mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Merari; biblical name
“bitter”
In the Bible Merari is a son of Levi; Spanish-speaking families often use the name for girls.
Meaning borrowed from Merari.
Is Merary a girl's or a boy's name?
Merary 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 Merary in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Merary, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Merary in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Merary in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 34 | #4,447 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
Names like Merary
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kennedy Madilyn Mariah Arely Avery Emery Emely Madison Murphy Isabella Serenity Annalise
Names related to Merary
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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, “Merary: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/merary, updated 20 October 2026.