Boys' name · since 2001
Meer
Meer has 259 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,460 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,032 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 259
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
259 babies have been named Meer since 2001, making it today's #6032 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meer has been recorded 259 times among boys since 2001, currently ranked #6032 nationally and more common than 57% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #11,460 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,032 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 259 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meer ranks #11,460 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,032 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 259 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,460 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,032 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 259
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Meer's 259 recorded births place it above 74.78% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Meer compares
259 43rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Meer's all-time total is 30% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Meer | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 259 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Meer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Meer splits its recorded history at 2014: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Meer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Meer by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (118 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Meer's strongest decade.
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Meer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
55 births
- 2010s
2010s
118 births
- 2020s
2020s
86 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 118 births (46% of all-time use).
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What to do with Meer's data
- Meer's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (118 total births) through the 2020s (86) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Meer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Meer draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.