Meri — #7987 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Meri

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,493 babies named Meri between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meri currently holds the #7987 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 89 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Meri performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 644 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Meri shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 143 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Meri in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Meri 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 2,493 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.