Merinda
Bowen is a coastal town and locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Bowen had a population of 11,205 people.
Meaning & Origin of Merinda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Bowen is a coastal town and locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Bowen had a population of 11,205 people.
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Origin & history
The Story of Merinda
Merinda first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1919, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1967, when 21 Merindas were born — ranking #2,706 that year. As of 2026, Merinda ranks #15,152 for baby girls with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 562 Merindas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Merinda
Merinda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1919 and has accumulated 562 births in the dataset. Merinda's peak popularity came in 1967 when it ranked #2,706. Use the chart and map above to compare Merinda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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