Meerab — #7496 US unisex name
172 babies named Meerab in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 58% of names given to girls today.
65% of everyone ever named Meerab was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Meerab in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meerab
The Social Security Administration has registered 172 babies named Meerab between 2007 and 2024, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meerab currently holds the #7496 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 18 babies received it in a single year. Meerab is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 11 additional births since 2015.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meerab performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Meerab shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 29 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Meerab in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meerab 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 172 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.
Meerab at a glance
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Current rank
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Meerab popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2007
- Peak year (2015)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
Currently ranks #7496 among girls.
172 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 18 births in a single year.
Meerab popularity over time — boys
11 total births recorded since 2015 (Meerab as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Meerab accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Meerab by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 112 births that decade — 65% of Meerab's all-time total
Meerab decade highlights
- Peak decade 112 births
- Runner-up 47 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Meerab's strongest decade
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
Meerab by state
Where Meerab concentrates geographically — total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 29 | 16.9% |
29 of 172 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 16.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 16.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2007–2024 (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.