Meriem — girls' name
126 babies named Meriem in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
126 girls have been named Meriem since 1917, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2019.
- 126
- total births
- 1917–2019
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
57% of everyone ever named Meriem was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Meriem in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meriem
The Social Security Administration has registered 126 babies named Meriem between 1917 and 2019, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meriem currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meriem performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 72 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Meriem shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meriem 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 126 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.
Meriem at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Meriem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1917
- Peak year (2012)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 103 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
126 total births across 103 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 11 births in a single year.
Meriem by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 72 births that decade — 57% of Meriem's all-time total
Meriem decade highlights
- Peak decade 72 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Meriem's strongest decade
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% 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, 1917–2019 (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.