How popular is the baby name Merry in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Merry.

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Popularity of the baby name Merry


Posts that mention the name Merry

Babies named Christmas

Christmas tree decorations

How many humans have been named Christmas throughout history?

It’s impossible to know for sure, but records reveal that thousands of babies across the globe have been given “Christmas” as either a first or middle name over the last few centuries. As you’d expect, the majority of them were born on, or close to, December 25th. Some examples…

  • Christmas Smyth, christened in England on Dec. 29, 1622
  • Christmass Elizabeth Cattermaul, christened in England on Dec. 28, 1766
  • Christmas Dagenet, born in the U.S. (Indiana) on Dec. 25, 1799
  • Christmas Griffith, christened in Wales on Dec. 25, 1824
  • Ebenezer Christmas Matthews, christened in England on Jan. 1, 1844
  • Walter Christmas Frost, christened in England on Dec. 25, 1854
  • Horace Christmas Liddle, born in Australia on Dec. 25, 1855
  • Christmas Evans Ward, born in the U.S. (South Carolina) on Dec. 25, 1859
  • Charles Christmas Lambert, born in Australia on Dec. 25, 1866
  • Casper Christmass Kline, born in the U.S. (New York) on Dec. 25, 1866
  • Terry Christmas Donnelly, born in Ireland on Dec. 15, 1879
  • Emma Christmas Thacker, christened in England on Jan. 15, 1880
  • Christmas James Jones, born in Wales on Dec. 25, 1888
  • Earl Christmas Elmendorf, born in the U.S. (Iowa) on Dec. 25, 1892
  • Christmas Roberts, born in England on Dec. 25, 1896
  • Arnold Christmas Flett, born in Canada on Dec. 25, 1900
  • Laverna Christmas Lambas, born in the U.S. (West Virginia) on Dec. 25, 1902
  • Mabel Christmas Tidgwell, born in Canada on Dec. 25, 1903
  • Christmas Higgins, born in the U.S. (Massachusetts) on Dec. 25, 1909
  • Christmas Kaailau Kelii, born in the U.S. (Hawaii) on Dec. 25, 1915
  • Johnny Christmas Mattingly, born in the U.S. (Texas) on Dec. 24, 1945

The parents of hundreds of these babies went even further by creating names out of Christmas-related phrases. For instance…

  • Christmas Eve Flournoy, born in the U.S. (Texas) on Dec. 24, 1871
  • Christmas Carol McCloud, born in the U.S. (California) on Dec. 25, 1909
  • Christmas Day Wagstaff, christened in England on Jan. 27, 1884
  • Christmas Gift Evans, born in the U.S. (New York) on Dec. 25, 1840
  • Merry Christmas Lloyd, born in the U.S. (Ohio) on Dec. 25, 1889

Two more examples are Merry Christmas Miller (born to Conrad and Nellie Miller, the founders of Alaska’s Santa Claus House, in 1961) and Mennonite writer Christmas Carol Kauffman (born in Indiana on Dec. 25, 1902).

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Image: Adapted from Bellagio Christmas tree by Bert Kaufmann under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Popular baby names in Austria, 2015

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Flag of Austria

According to data released in December of 2016 by Statistics Austria, the most popular baby names in the country in 2015 were Anna (and variants) and Lukas (and variants).

Here are Austria’s top 10 girl name-groups and top 10 boy name-groups of 2015:

Girl Names

  1. Anna (21 variants, including Ann, Hannah, Yahna)
  2. Sophie (12 variants, including Sophia)
  3. Maria (36 variants, including Merry, Moira, Miriam)
  4. Emilia (14 variants)
  5. Elena (40 variants, including Elaine, Helen, Ilijana)
  6. Emma (1 variant)
  7. Lena (8 variants)
  8. Sarah (9 variants)
  9. Mia (2 variants)
  10. Laura (1 variant)

Boy Names

  1. Lukas (11 variants, including Luc)
  2. David (12 variants)
  3. Jakob (20 variants, including Giacomo, Jaime, Tiago)
  4. Elias (31 variants, including Ilian)
  5. Maximilian (9 variants)
  6. Alexander (32 variants, including Alejandro, Alistair, Iskender)
  7. Jonas (12 variants)
  8. Paul (7 variants, including Pablo)
  9. Tobias (3 variants)
  10. Leon (7 variants, including Levon)

The #1 name-groups were the same in 2014. There are no new entries on either top 10 list.

Source: Anna und Lukas sind die beliebtesten Babynamen 2015 (found via Popularity of Names in Austria, 2015)

Image: Adapted from Flag of Austria (public domain)

Popular baby names in Armenia, 2012

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Flag of Armenia

The most popular baby names in Armenia were announced way back in February, then updated in May. (The numbers below are from the more recent news release.)

According to the National Statistical Service, the country’s top names were Davit for boys and Nare for girls.

Here are Armenia’s top 48 girl names and top 48 boy names of 2012:

Baby Girl NamesBaby Boy Names
1. Nare, 967 baby girls
2. Milena, 852
3. Mari, 772
4. Mane, 729
5. Annie, 591
6. Anahit, 575
7. Elen, 543
8. Anna, 474
9. Mariam, 442
10. Maria, 410
11. Merry, 391
12. Angelina, 377
13. Gayane, 345
14. Eva, 299
15. Lilit, 294
16. Susanna, 288
17. Sona, 275
18. Hasmik, 258
19. Viktoria, 249
20. Gohar, 237
21. Nataly, 197
22. Karine, 191
23. Yana, 181
24. Sofi, 175
25. Karina, 156
26. Ruzanna, 155
27. Lusine, 152
28. Arevik, 145
29. Liana, 140
30. Anush, 139
31. Marianna, 134
32. Syuzanna, 133
33. Tamara, 122
34. Diana, 121
35. Marina, 116
36. Syuzi, 116
37. Armine, 113
38. Elina, 112
39. Vika, 103
40. Astghik, 102
41. Nane, 100
42. Narine, 99
43. Svetlana, 98
44. Lily, 96
45. Seda, 96
46. Sofya, 95
47. Monika, 95
48. Sara, 94		1. Davit, 1,313 baby boys
2. Narek, 1,144
3. Gor, 808
4. Hayk, 673
5. Alex, 600
6. Erik, 599
7. Tigran, 541
8. Arman, 529
9. Samvel, 490
10. Arthur, 451
11. Alen, 440
12. Armen, 428
13. Aram, 414
14. Ashot, 401
15. Aren, 348
16. Gevorg, 343
17. Areg, 328
18. Sargise, 322
19. Vahe, 302
20. Gagik, 302
21. Arsen, 300
22. Hovhannes, 283
23. Levon, 282
24. Artyom, 270
25. Karen, 263
26. Miqayel, 231
27. Robert, 205
28. Vardan, 181
29. Mher, 177
30. Harutyun, 172
31. Suren, 171
32. Garik, 164
33. Grigor, 157
34. Mark, 153
35. Daniel, 146
36. Hakob, 145
37. Aleksandr, 142
38. Edgar, 140
39. Andranik, 135
40. Hamlet, 135
41. Raphael, 134
42. Manvel, 133
43. Ruben, 133
44. Sergey, 129
45. Vahan, 107
46. Artak, 106
47. Albert, 105
48. Eduard, 104

Why didn’t they just go to 50? We shall never know…

Sources: Nare, David most popular baby names in Armenia in 2012, The most frequently given names to the new-borns by sex [pdf]

Image: Adapted from Flag of Armenia (public domain)