Boys' name · since 2022
Meruem
Since 2022, U.S. Social Security records show 14 babies named Meruem, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #31,899 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,803 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 14
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Meruem is the #11803 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 14 recorded since 2022.
Social Security Administration records show Meruem recorded 14 times among boys since 2022, holding rank #11803 nationally today, ahead of 15% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2022 to 2025.
- #31,899 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,803 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 14 born since 2022
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meruem ranks #31,899 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,803 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 14 born since 2022, peaking in the 2020s.
- #31,899 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,803 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 14
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
Meruem's 14 recorded births place it above 29.67% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Meruem compares
14 5th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Meruem's all-time total is 96% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Meruem | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 14 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Meruem's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Meruem splits its recorded history at 2025: 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 2025 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Meruem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Meruem by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (14 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Meruem's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that partial window (2020–2025, six of ten years), about 100% of all-time use.
Meruem births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window. * 2020s covers 2020–2025 only (six of ten years), so it is not directly comparable to a full decade.
- 2020s*
2020s (partial decade: 2020–2025, six of ten years)
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 14 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Meruem: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~3 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 2022–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Meruem 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 August 2026.