Is Merari a boy or girl name?

Merari is a girl’s name. Of the 1,370 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 98.5% were girls and 1.5% were boys.

Merari

Recorded 1953–2025 · United States

Merari was most popular in 2004, when 66 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,266 that year. In 2025 it ranked #16,070, with 10 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,370 people named Merari.

Merari over time

Births per year. The dot marks Merari’s peak in 2004. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Merari a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Merari is a girl’s name — 98.5% of the 1,370 Americans given it were girls and 1.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 97% girls and 3% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Merari

Where Merari is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org