Merida
Girl · MEH-ri-da · Modern
Merida is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 2,645th for girls in the US (65 babies).
What does Merida mean?
Modern: name of the heroine of Pixar's Brave, also a Spanish city
Brought into use as a name by the Scottish princess Merida in the 2012 Pixar film Brave.
- Say it
- MEH-ri-da
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Is Merida a girl's or a boy's name?
Merida is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 65 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Merida in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Merida, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 26 girls.
Half of all the girls named Merida in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
Merida in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,669 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,647 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,531 |
| 2018 | 26 | #1,335 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,895 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
How popular is Merida in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,645among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 65about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 65 girls in the US were named Merida, making it the 2,645th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,034th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 116 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
2025 had fewer girls named Merida than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Merida in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Merida in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,645 |
| 2024 | 74 | #2,434 |
| 2023 | 66 | #2,646 |
| 2022 | 80 | #2,319 |
| 2021 | 90 | #2,103 |
| 2020 | 91 | #2,034 |
| 2019 | 85 | #2,170 |
| 2018 | 85 | #2,190 |
| 2017 | 116 | #1,792 |
| 2016 | 102 | #1,956 |
| 2015 | 99 | #1,996 |
| 2014 | 103 | #1,940 |
| 2013 | 110 | #1,834 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,488 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,860 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
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