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How popular is the name Merida?
Births per year, rank history and how many Meridas are alive today.
Merida (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 3035th in 2025 and given to 8 babies. The name peaked in 2018, when 21 babies were given the name, the 1490th most popular that year. It has declined since 2018; the 2025 figure is roughly 38% of its peak.
The Merida you are most likely to meet is around 7 years old. Half of all Meridas born in England and Wales are between 4 and 11, and there are at least 170 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Merida - on average, only one in every 1,853 such rooms contains a Merida.
How many babies are named Merida each year?
Where does Merida rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Merida most popular?
Merida peaked in 2018, when 21 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Merida?
At least 170 people named Merida born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Merida?
Most living Meridas are between 4 and 11; the most common age is about 7.
Is Merida becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2018 peak.