Meer — #6069 US boys' name
244 babies named Meer in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 57% of names given to boys today.
48% of everyone ever named Meer was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Meer in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meer
The Social Security Administration has registered 244 babies named Meer between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Meer currently holds the #6069 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meer performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Meer shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meer 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 244 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.
Meer at a glance
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Current rank
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Meer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2018)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #6069 among boys.
244 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 18 births in a single year.
Meer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 118 births that decade — 48% of Meer's all-time total
Meer decade highlights
- Peak decade 118 births
- Runner-up 71 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Meer's strongest decade
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2001–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.