Merida

Origin: Modern coinage — Possibly from Mary, or the Spanish place name Merida

Girl's name · #2677 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Merida's best rank, #1796, came in 2017; it has settled back to #2677 today. Roughly 1,600 girls have been named Merida since 1916.

Pixar’s Brave introduced its Scottish princess Merida in 2012. US births of Merida rose from 19 that year to 110 in 2013.

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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#605 in Scotland (2025) · #972 in Austria (2025) · #1,037 in Ecuador (2025) · #3,227 in England & Wales (2025).

It is also an American family name — about 4,400 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

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