Unisex name · since 2016
Meru
Meru has 10 recorded births since 2016 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 10
- total births
- 2016–2019
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
Meru is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 10 have been recorded since 2016.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meru has been recorded 10 times among boys since 2016, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2019.
- 10 total births
- 2016–2019 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Meru's 10 recorded births place it above 21% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Meru's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Meru's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2016, with only 5 births recorded.
Meru popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2019
- Peak year (2016)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Meru popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2019 (Meru as girls' name)
Meru by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Meru's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Meru births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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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, 2016–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Meru: Baby Name Since 2016 - 10 Births, Peak 2016." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/meru. 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 Meru 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.