Meriah — #15681 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Meriah

The Social Security Administration has registered 910 babies named Meriah between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meriah currently holds the #15681 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 52 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Meriah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 376 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Meriah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 53 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Colorado. In total, SSA state-level files list Meriah in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Meriah 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 910 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.