Girls' name · since 1998
Meraiah
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 38 babies named Meraiah, peaking in 1998. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 38
- total births
- 1998–2008
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
38 girls have been named Meraiah since 1998, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meraiah has been recorded 38 times among girls since 1998, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2008.
- 38 total births
- 1998–2008 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 63% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Meraiah's 38 recorded births place it above 47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Meraiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Meraiah's full recorded timeline at 2001, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Meraiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2008
- Peak year (1998)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Meraiah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Meraiah's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Meraiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
14 births
- 2000s
2000s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 24 births (63% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1998–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Meraiah: Baby Name Since 1998 - 38 Births, Peak 1998." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/meraiah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Meraiah 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 July 2026.