Meyer — #1815 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Meyer

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,304 babies named Meyer between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Meyer currently holds the #1815 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 214 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Meyer performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 1,593 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Meyer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 2,135 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Meyer in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Meyer 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 5,304 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.