Merari

#9,883 in 2025Girls' name

Bitter

Merari has been given to 1,370 babies in the U.S. since 1953. In 2025 it ranked #9,883 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2004, with 66 recorded.

Babies named Merari, 2025

1 in 332,000

Merari over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Merari: meaning, origin, and history

Bitter

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Merari means

Merari means “bitter”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,349 girls were recorded with the name Merari between 1953 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 66 in 2004; its best national rank was #2,543 in 2004.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,597 in 2020 to #9,883 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,777 in 2015 to #9,883 in 2025.

In the United States, 21 boys were recorded with the name Merari between 1997 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1997; its best national rank was #8,893 in 1997.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Merari?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 332,000; 10 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 161,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #9,883; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 229,791 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Merari sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Merari. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Meraris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Merari was born before 2004 — so the typical Merari is around 21 today.

Median birth year: 2004; About 21 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 39.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 64.6%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 1,349; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 39.0% of all recorded uses (526).

Is Merari rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −1,609; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −4,286; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −4,106; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.43×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 15.2%; Peak was 2004 (66)
Years since peak: 21; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 31.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,543; 2004

Spellings of Merari

Merari is not the most common spelling — Terri is, with 57.3% against Merari's 0.53%.

Terri57.3%146,113
Kerri14.5%37,021
Mari6.5%16,579
Jerri6.1%15,506
Merry4.1%10,369
Melani2.3%5,912
Gerri2.1%5,446
Merri1.2%3,170

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Merari is used

Across 1910–2025, Merari was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 100,318 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in 50,000
2Texas1 in 50,000
3Arizona1 in —
4Florida1 in —
5Illinois1 in —
6North Carolina1 in —
7New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Merari has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Merari by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #9,883
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 4,286
Best rank ever: #2,543; 2004
Peak year: 2004; 66 that year
First recorded: 1953
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 1,349
Count in 2025: 10

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,893; 1997
Peak year: 1997; 6 that year
First recorded: 1997
Last recorded: 2018
All-time count: 21
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Merari

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Merari

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Alysa Sydnie Gabriel Shakira Sydnee Lesli Reanna Cydney

For a brother

Aaden Kale Jarod Keven Zakary Garret Samual Donavon

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