Merna
Girl · MER-na · Irish
Merna is a girls' name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Merna mean?
Irish: variant of Myrna, from Irish Muirne
A spelling of Myrna, from Irish Muirne, the name of the mother of the legendary hero Fionn mac Cumhaill.
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Is Merna a girl's or a boy's name?
Merna is a girls' name.
How popular is Merna in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1930, with 79 girls. It first appears in the records in 1895.
Half of all the girls named Merna in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1949, the years shaded on the chart below.
Merna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,459 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,648 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,868 |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,754 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,275 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,621 |
| 1955 | 26 | #2,107 |
| 1954 | 20 | #2,449 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 28 | #1,891 |
| 1951 | 28 | #1,841 |
| 1950 | 22 | #2,052 |
| 1949 | 23 | #2,012 |
| 1948 | 22 | #2,069 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,789 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,646 |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,542 |
| 1944 | 42 | #1,223 |
| 1943 | 31 | #1,491 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,533 |
| 1941 | 33 | #1,335 |
| 1940 | 51 | #997 |
| 1939 | 54 | #960 |
| 1938 | 52 | #984 |
| 1937 | 54 | #940 |
| 1936 | 50 | #968 |
| 1935 | 57 | #912 |
| 1934 | 70 | #804 |
| 1933 | 59 | #878 |
| 1932 | 48 | #1,015 |
| 1931 | 59 | #899 |
| 1930 | 79 | #795 |
| 1929 | 75 | #814 |
| 1928 | 68 | #888 |
| 1927 | 51 | #1,071 |
| 1926 | 53 | #1,023 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,225 |
| 1924 | 55 | #1,046 |
| 1923 | 51 | #1,065 |
| 1922 | 47 | #1,114 |
| 1921 | 36 | #1,298 |
| 1920 | 49 | #1,062 |
| 1919 | 37 | #1,242 |
| 1918 | 55 | #969 |
| 1917 | 52 | #964 |
| 1916 | 35 | #1,210 |
| 1915 | 36 | #1,140 |
| 1914 | 31 | #1,080 |
| 1913 | 28 | #1,020 |
| 1912 | 22 | #1,117 |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,300 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,207 |
| 1909 | 14 | #1,104 |
| 1908 | 18 | #939 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,321 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,485 |
| 1903 | 13 | #969 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 10 | #1,067 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,560 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,180 |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,171 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,592 |
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