Meriam — #9550 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Meriam

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,391 babies named Meriam between 1897 and 2024, spanning 128 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meriam currently holds the #9550 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Meriam performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 281 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Meriam shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 82 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Meriam in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Meriam 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 1,391 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.