Meher — #3848 US girls' name
805 babies named Meher in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 78% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Meher was born in this single decade.
64 babies were named Meher in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meher
The Social Security Administration has registered 805 babies named Meher between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meher currently holds the #3848 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 64 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meher performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 336 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Meher shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 153 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Meher in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meher 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 805 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.
Meher at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Meher popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2021)
- 64
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #3848 among girls.
805 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 64 births in a single year.
Meher popularity over time — boys
12 total births recorded since 2009 (Meher as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Meher accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Meher by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 336 births that decade — 42% of Meher's all-time total
Meher decade highlights
- Peak decade 336 births
- Runner-up 255 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Meher's strongest decade
336 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Meher by state
Where Meher concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 153 | 19.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 38 | 4.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 35 | 4.3% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 31 | 3.9% |
| #5 | Washington | | 15 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.6% |
153 of 805 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 19.0% of nationwide
- New York 4.7% of nationwide
- Texas 4.3% of nationwide
- New Jersey 3.9% of nationwide
- Washington 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 19.0% 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, 1993–2024 (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.