Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Merida

Gender

Female

Origin

Unknown

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1880 (rank #909, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2017 (rank #1792, 116 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2645, 65 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–65
2024–73
2023–66
2022–80
2021–90
2020–91
2019–85
2018–85
2017–116
2016–102

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #1490, 21 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3034, 8 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20258
202411
202311
202213
202114
202013
201914
201821
20179
201610

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #3341, 7 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4422, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20234
20224
20213
20206
20197
2018–
20173
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #447, 7 births); most recent 2025 (rank #539, 5 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
20255
20243
2023–
20223
20215
20206
20197
20185
20173
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence