Mery
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MEH-ree
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Mery is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “possibly bitter or beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Mery mean?
Hebrew: Spanish-speaking variant of Mary
“possibly bitter or beloved”
A Latin American form of Mary or María, ultimately from the Hebrew Miriam.
Is Mery a girl's or a boy's name?
Mery is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mery in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Mery, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1925.
Half of all the girls named Mery in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mery in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
Names like Mery
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Molly Mia Ivy Murphy Lily Abby Marley Gianna Mallory Hannah Mariah Rory
Names related to Mery
More Hebrew names
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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, “Mery: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mery, updated 20 October 2026.