Merida

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Merida: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Merida: Recorded every year since 2013, its highest recorded position is #790, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
12years from first to last
#790highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2013–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2013	#3536
2014	#2659
2015	#2496
2016	#2547
2017	#2706
2018	#1490
2019	#1940
2020	#2042
2021	#1962
2022	#2058
2023	#2346
2024	#2411

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 2013 to 2024.

In 2024: #790 among girls in Scotland, #2411 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2013–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2013
First recorded at #3536 among girls in England and Wales in 2013 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Merida appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2013 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #790 in Scotland in 2024.

Merida's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2411	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1962	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1940	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1490	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2013 and 2024, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #790, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 11 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Merete · #33, 61y
Merethe · #69, 54y
Meriel · #385, 16y
Meriem · #910, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alyvia · #790, 15y
Arella · #790, 13y
Aster · #790, 15y
Atarah · #790, 15y

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2010 and 2019.

Atarah · #790, 15y
Zohaan · #791, 11y
Ajooni · #794, 13y
Ayansh · #785, 12y

Merida was ranked #790 in Scotland · Girls in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Merida and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Merida without appearing here.

Merida moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #5891.
Carmel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2706 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1490 and #4684.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2706 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1490 and #4684.
Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Merida

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #1628.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #1743.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1962 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2058 and #1452.
Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2547 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2706 and #2502.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2013 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #790 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Merida

Merida at a glance

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Also first recorded in the 2010s

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Merida at a glance

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Also first recorded in the 2010s

Names published alongside Merida

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Merida moved ahead of

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