Merry
Girl · MEH-ree · English
Merry is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “cheerful; joyful”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Merry mean?
English: English word; also a pet form of Meredith or Mary
“cheerful; joyful”
From the English word merry; it has also been used as a pet form of Meredith and Mary.
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Is Merry a girl's or a boy's name?
Merry is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Merry in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 6 girls.
Merry in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
How popular is Merry in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Merry, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 1954, with 355 girls. It first appears in the records in 1898.
2025 had fewer girls named Merry than any year since 1911.
Half of all the girls named Merry in the US since 1880 were born between 1946 and 1964, the years shaded on the chart below.
Merry in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,197 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 32 | #3,500 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 42 | #2,843 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 42 | #2,784 |
| 1990 | 34 | #3,222 |
| 1989 | 32 | #3,247 |
| 1988 | 34 | #2,982 |
| 1987 | 44 | #2,358 |
| 1986 | 28 | #3,201 |
| 1985 | 52 | #2,047 |
| 1984 | 42 | #2,298 |
| 1983 | 60 | #1,770 |
| 1982 | 47 | #2,150 |
| 1981 | 52 | #2,009 |
| 1980 | 45 | #2,218 |
| 1979 | 53 | #1,952 |
| 1978 | 62 | #1,690 |
| 1977 | 48 | #2,002 |
| 1976 | 47 | #1,912 |
| 1975 | 59 | #1,640 |
| 1974 | 73 | #1,399 |
| 1973 | 61 | #1,527 |
| 1972 | 69 | #1,414 |
| 1971 | 101 | #1,148 |
| 1970 | 125 | #997 |
| 1969 | 127 | #943 |
| 1968 | 99 | #1,056 |
| 1967 | 144 | #843 |
| 1966 | 112 | #960 |
| 1965 | 163 | #778 |
| 1964 | 221 | #692 |
| 1963 | 207 | #707 |
| 1962 | 218 | #698 |
| 1961 | 268 | #626 |
| 1960 | 274 | #600 |
| 1959 | 284 | #589 |
| 1958 | 240 | #634 |
| 1957 | 255 | #610 |
| 1956 | 297 | #542 |
| 1955 | 334 | #504 |
| 1954 | 355 | #468 |
| 1953 | 328 | #472 |
| 1952 | 323 | #468 |
| 1951 | 264 | #509 |
| 1950 | 292 | #473 |
| 1949 | 284 | #476 |
| 1948 | 307 | #455 |
| 1947 | 300 | #475 |
| 1946 | 276 | #474 |
| 1945 | 214 | #499 |
| 1944 | 202 | #507 |
| 1943 | 221 | #500 |
| 1942 | 200 | #526 |
| 1941 | 118 | #651 |
| 1940 | 124 | #632 |
| 1939 | 103 | #668 |
| 1938 | 96 | #701 |
| 1937 | 88 | #720 |
| 1936 | 55 | #921 |
| 1935 | 65 | #855 |
| 1934 | 67 | #831 |
| 1933 | 53 | #937 |
| 1932 | 52 | #979 |
| 1931 | 42 | #1,092 |
| 1930 | 40 | #1,181 |
| 1929 | 34 | #1,281 |
| 1928 | 45 | #1,136 |
| 1927 | 40 | #1,233 |
| 1926 | 44 | #1,148 |
| 1925 | 47 | #1,119 |
| 1924 | 48 | #1,123 |
| 1923 | 65 | #907 |
| 1922 | 54 | #1,022 |
| 1921 | 57 | #987 |
| 1920 | 61 | #931 |
| 1919 | 48 | #1,042 |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,451 |
| 1917 | 34 | #1,241 |
| 1916 | 22 | #1,630 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,799 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,603 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,670 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,352 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,607 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
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