Meirav — girls' name
21 babies named Meirav in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
21 girls have been named Meirav since 2003, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2014.
- 21
- total births
- 2003–2014
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 62%
- born in that decade
62% of everyone ever named Meirav was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Meirav in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meirav
The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Meirav between 2003 and 2014, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meirav currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meirav performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Meirav shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Meirav in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meirav 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 21 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.
Meirav at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Meirav popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2003
- Peak year (2014)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
21 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 8 births in a single year.
Meirav by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 13 births that decade — 62% of Meirav's all-time total
Meirav decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Meirav's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
Meirav by state
Where Meirav concentrates geographically — total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 23.8% |
5 of 21 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 23.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 23.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 2003–2014 (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.