Merissa

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Merissa: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #534, and it was last ranked in 2012.

2registrars recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
17years from first to last
#534highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2012

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#3824
1999	#3900
2000	#3912
2002	#4137
2005	#3970
2006	#5061
2007	#2085
2009	#3936
2010	#5707
2011	#5785
2012	#5876

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 12 of the 17 years from 1996 to 2012.

In 1996: #534 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3126 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2012 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2012
Most recently recorded at #5876 among girls in England and Wales, in 2012.
England and Wales · Girls

Merissa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Merissa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	3 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	29	6 of 10	5
2010s	9	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Merissa 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 1996 to 2012. Highest recorded position: #534 in Republic of Ireland in 1996.

Merissa'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
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2012, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #534, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every registrar that records it began in the same year, 1996.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,876position in 2012, its most recent recorded year
0 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itWithin 2 years →
11births registered in its largest year, 2007Under 25 births →

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.

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Meriem · #910, 26y
Merlin · #786, 29y
Meron · #2859, 15y

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.

Channon · #534, 9y
Keleigh · #534, 13y
Alvie · #535, 13y
Cruiz · #535, 11y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Channon · #534, 9y
Kasie · #534, 22y
Keleigh · #534, 13y
Mayson · #534, 28y

Merissa was ranked #534 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1996. 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.

Merissa 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 Merissa without appearing here.

Merissa moved ahead of

Gail Compare
In 2006 they stood at #4137 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2085 and #3667.

Moved ahead of Merissa

Luca Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2085 and #2233 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #3936 and #2019.
Selma Compare
In 1996 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1958.
Liv Compare
In 1999 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #3912.

Moved the opposite way to Merissa

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Merissa went from #3126 to #5876 while Ada went from #2683 to #384.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Merissa went from #3126 to #5876 while Alma went from #2096 to #749.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Merissa went from #3126 to #5876 while Alyssa went from #783 to #161.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Merissa went from #3126 to #5876 while Amalie went from #2096 to #663.

Moved the same way as Merissa

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Merissa went from #3126 to #5876 and Abigail from #21 to #44.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Merissa went from #3126 to #5876 and Aimee from #70 to #153.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Merissa went from #3126 to #5876 and Aisling from #440 to #1150.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Merissa went from #3126 to #5876 and Alex from #161 to #916.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1996 to 2012. Highest recorded position: #534 in Republic of Ireland in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Merissa

Merissa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Merissa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Merissa at a glance

Merissa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Merissa moved ahead of

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