Merry vs Tony

Merry

name
  • A diminutive of the male given name Meredith. 

  • A surname transferred from the nickname. Originally a nickname for a merry person. 

  • A female given name from English from the adjective, also a diminutive of Mercy. 

Tony

name
  • A male given name, a short form of Anthony/Antony 

  • A female given name 

noun
  • Any of the statuettes awarded by the American Theatre Wing. 

How often have the words Merry and Tony occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )