Meria — girls' name
137 babies named Meria in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
137 girls have been named Meria since 1951, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 2018.
- 137
- total births
- 1951–2018
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 31%
- born in that decade
31% of everyone ever named Meria was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Meria in 1963 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meria
The Social Security Administration has registered 137 babies named Meria between 1951 and 2018, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meria currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meria performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Meria shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meria 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 137 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.
Meria at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Meria popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1951
- Peak year (1963)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 68 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
137 total births across 68 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1963 with 9 births in a single year.
Meria by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 43 births that decade — 31% of Meria's all-time total
Meria decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Meria's strongest decade
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
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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, 1951–2018 (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.