# Merry name report

Canonical URL: https://babynameranks.com/name/f/merry
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Merry ranked #10634 officially for girls in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #5369.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #10634
- Birth count: 9
- Rate per 10,000: 0.06

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Merry
- Rank: #5369
- Birth count: 21
- Rate per 10,000: 0.13
- Official count multiplier: 2.33x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.00
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.00
- Expected per school of 300: 0.00
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 0.1%

## Trend
- Label: past peak
- Peak rate year: 1954
- Best rank year: 1948
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 7.1%

## Spelling components
- Mery: 12 births
- Merry: 9 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://babynameranks.com/methodology