Merita
Merita is a name with multiple cultural origins: Albanian, Esperanto.
- Albanian
- Esperanto
Meaning & Origin of Merita
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Merita is a name with multiple cultural origins: Albanian, Esperanto.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Albanian
- Esperanto
The Story of Merita
American parents first put Merita on the record books as a baby girl name in 1912, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1955, when 46 Meritas were born — ranking #1,498 that year. The 1950s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 27% of all recorded Meritas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1999 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 1K Meritas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Merita
Merita is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Merita's peak popularity came in 1955 when it ranked #1,498. Use the chart and map above to compare Merita'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.