Unisex name · since 2007
Meerab
Meerab has 186 recorded births since 2007 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,567 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,782 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 186
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
186 babies have been named Meerab since 2007, making it today's #7782 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Meerab recorded 186 times among girls since 2007, holding rank #7782 nationally today, ahead of 55% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #20,567 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,782 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 186 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meerab ranks #20,567 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,782 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 186 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,567 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,782 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 186
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Meerab's 186 recorded births place it above 71.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Meerab compares
186 35th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Meerab's all-time total is 51% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Meerab | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 186 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Meerab's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Meerab's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2021, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Meerab popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Meerab popularity over time - boys
11 total births recorded since 2015 (Meerab as boys' name)
Meerab by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (112 births, 60% of the file).
2010s was Meerab's strongest decade.
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Meerab births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
112 births
- 2020s
2020s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 112 births (60% 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 | 15.6% |
29 of 186 births nationwide.
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What to do with Meerab's data
- Meerab's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (112 total births) through the 2020s (61) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Meerabs (29 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Meerab: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~18 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, 2007–2025 (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 Meerab 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.