Girls' name · since 1973
Meira
Meira has 1,657 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,351 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,044 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,657
- born since 1973
- 2010s
- peak decade
Meira currently ranks #2044 among girls' names in America, with 1,657 babies recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meira has been recorded 1,657 times among girls since 1973, currently ranked #2044 nationally and more common than 88% of girls, 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 1973 to 2025.
- #5,351 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,044 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,657 born since 1973
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meira ranks #5,351 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,044 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,657 born since 1973, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,351 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,044 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,657
- born since 1973
- 2010s
- peak decade
Meira's 1,657 recorded births place it above 92.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Meira compares
1,657 Top 25% higher than 75% of 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
Meira's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Meira | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,657 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 93 | 21 | 19,840 |
Meira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Meira's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 84% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 16%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 93, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Meira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 93
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Meira by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (572 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Meira's strongest decade.
572 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Meira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 40
1970s
40 births
- 1980s 98
1980s
98 births
- 1990s 130
1990s
130 births
- 2000s
2000s
384 births
- 2010s
2010s
572 births
- 2020s
2020s
433 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 572 births (35% of all-time use).
How Meira compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Meira's total volume
Meira by state
Where Meira concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 361 | 21.8% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 117 | 7.1% |
| #3 | California | | 52 | 3.1% |
| #4 | Maryland | | 38 | 2.3% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 16 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Texas | | 7 | 0.4% |
361 of 1,657 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Meira appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Meira's data
- Meira's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (572 total births) through the 2020s (433) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Meiras (361 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Meira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Meira 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.