Mera — #4568 US girls' name
574 babies named Mera in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 74% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Mera was born in this single decade.
65 babies were named Mera in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mera
The Social Security Administration has registered 574 babies named Mera between 1927 and 2024, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mera currently holds the #4568 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 65 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mera performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 243 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Mera shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 14 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Mera in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mera 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 574 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.
Mera at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1927
- Peak year (2019)
- 65
- Annual births at peak — across 98 years of records
Currently ranks #4568 among girls.
574 total births across 98 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 65 births in a single year.
Mera by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 243 births that decade — 42% of Mera's all-time total
Mera decade highlights
- Peak decade 243 births
- Runner-up 183 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Mera's strongest decade
243 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Mera by state
Where Mera concentrates geographically — total births since 1927
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 14 | 2.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 12 | 2.1% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.9% |
14 of 574 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.4% of nationwide
- Texas 2.1% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.9% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.4% 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, 1927–2024 (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.