How Many People Are Named Merta?
An estimated 0 people in the United States have the first name Merta. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 0 years old, and Merta peaked in popularity in 1883 with 5 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Merta as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Merta paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Merta is exceptionally rare. Fewer than 100 people with this name are estimated to be alive in the U.S. today.
Estimated Living Americans
0
About 1 in 1 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
0
years old
Peak Year
1883
5 births
Total Registered
15
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Merta
Merta is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 15 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Merta as a female name
Ranked #4,919 in 1916
5 female births in 1916
Peak: 1883 (5 births)
Merta: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Merta span from the 1880s to the 1910s, covering 2 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1880s, when 10 babies were registered. While Merta is less common than at its peak in the 1880s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Merta by Decade
How has Merta tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Merta + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Merta as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Merta
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
Merta: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Merta?
We estimate approximately 0 people named Merta are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1 Americans share this first name.
Is Merta a common name?
Merta is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 2.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 15 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Merta most popular?
Merta reached peak popularity in 1883, when 5 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Merta is approximately 0 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Merta a female name?
Merta is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Merta Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Merta Smith, Merta Johnson, Merta Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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