Girls' name · since 1935
Meris
Meris has 75 recorded births since 1935 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1935 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 75
- total births
- 1935–2018
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
75 girls have been named Meris since 1935, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meris has been recorded 75 times among girls since 1935, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1935 to 2018.
- 75 total births
- 1935–2018 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 37% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Meris's 75 recorded births place it above 58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Meris's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Meris splits its recorded history at 1988: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1955 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1935 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Meris popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–2018
- Peak year (1935)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 84 years of records
Meris by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Meris's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Meris births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
15 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
28 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 28 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Meris's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (28 total births) through the 2010s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1935–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Meris: Baby Name Since 1935 - 75 Births, Peak 1935." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/meris. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Meris draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.