Meara — #4211 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Meara

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,383 babies named Meara between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meara currently holds the #4211 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 72 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Meara performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 540 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Meara shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 43 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Meara in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Meara in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,383 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.