Meris
Meris was last recorded in 2018, when 5 babies were given it; 75 Americans have been recorded with it between 1935 and 2018 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Meris by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Meris?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #17,337, in 2018; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
15 babies in 1935, the peak
Meris peaked in 1935, when 15 girls were given it, #2,179 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #17,337 | 2.9 |
| 2011 | 5 | #18,621 | 2.8 |
| 2007 | 5 | #19,529 | 2.6 |
| 2006 | 6 | #16,464 | 3.2 |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,798 | 3.3 |
| 1988 | 5 | #13,126 | 2.8 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,780 | 4.2 |
| 1982 | 5 | #11,626 | 3.0 |
| 1980 | 5 | #11,492 | 3.0 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,429 | 2.6 |
Every recorded year (12)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 6 | #5,114 | 3.4 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,179 | 14.3 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Meris a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Meris has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 12 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Meris: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Meris, and how old are they?
An estimated 59 Americans named Meris and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026, too few to state an age range. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 374 people named Meris (315 women and girls, 59 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 64 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5.8 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Meris rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).