Meryem — #4606 US girls' name
596 babies named Meryem in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 74% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Meryem was born in this single decade.
39 babies were named Meryem in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meryem
The Social Security Administration has registered 596 babies named Meryem between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meryem currently holds the #4606 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 39 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meryem performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 283 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Meryem shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Meryem in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meryem in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 596 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Meryem at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Meryem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (2014)
- 39
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #4606 among girls.
596 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 39 births in a single year.
Meryem by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 283 births that decade — 47% of Meryem's all-time total
Meryem decade highlights
- Peak decade 283 births
- Runner-up 147 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Meryem's strongest decade
283 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Meryem by state
Where Meryem concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 33 | 5.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 23 | 3.9% |
| #3 | California | | 11 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 11 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.8% |
33 of 596 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 5.5% of nationwide
- Texas 3.9% of nationwide
- California 1.8% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.8% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 5.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1992–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.