Girls' name · since 2005
Meryam
Since 2005, U.S. Social Security records show 84 babies named Meryam, peaking in 2017. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #29,140 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 84
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Meryam is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 84 have been recorded since 2005.
Meryam has 84 recorded births among girls since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2024.
- #29,140 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 84 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meryam ranks #29,140 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 84 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #29,140 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 84
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Meryam's 84 recorded births place it above 59.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Meryam's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Meryam's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Meryam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2024
- Peak year (2017)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Meryam by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (44 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Meryam's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Meryam births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
44 births
- 2020s
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 44 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Meryam's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (44 total births) through the 2020s (23) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Meryam: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~19 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, 2005–2024 (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 Meryam 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.