Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Meara

#5,550 most common girls' name of all time · #9,415 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1973–2025

Rank among girls
#5,550
Rank overall
#9,415 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
1,436
Since 2016
444
Peak year
2015 #2,512
Best rank
#2,512 2015
Girls Boys peak 72/yr
198020002020

Meara first appears in 1973. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 53 — 53 #3,081
2024 34 — 34 #4,235
2023 23 — 23 #5,444
2022 39 — 39 #3,853
2021 34 — 34 #4,204
2020 36 — 36 #3,951
2019 50 — 50 #3,200
2018 64 — 64 #2,697
2017 59 — 59 #2,849
2016 52 — 52 #3,163
2015 72 — 72 #2,512
2014 66 — 66 #2,660
2013 62 — 62 #2,788
2012 53 — 53 #3,149
2011 35 — 35 #4,189
2010 27 — 27 #5,170
2009 29 — 29 #4,997
2008 39 — 39 #4,042
2007 47 — 47 #3,504
2006 45 — 45 #3,534
2005 50 — 50 #3,148
2004 41 — 41 #3,600
2003 31 — 31 #4,263
2002 33 — 33 #3,932
2001 26 — 26 #4,621
2000 35 — 35 #3,709
1999 23 — 23 #4,796
1998 29 — 29 #3,971
1997 28 — 28 #3,962
1996 17 — 17 #5,642
1995 14 — 14 #6,465
1994 13 — 13 #6,897
1993 13 — 13 #6,834
1992 14 — 14 #6,499
1991 11 — 11 #7,704
1990 11 — 11 #7,633
1989 12 — 12 #6,795
1988 11 — 11 #6,949
1987 9 — 9 #7,729
1986 8 — 8 #8,207
1985 16 — 16 #4,803
1984 8 — 8 #7,891
1983 8 — 8 #7,800
1982 19 — 19 #4,145
1981 11 — 11 #6,223
1980 8 — 8 #7,951
1979 5 — 5 #11,181
1977 7 — 7 #8,222
1973 6 — 6 #8,344