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.

Meir

#1,839 most common boys' name of all time · #4,438 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1951–2025

Rank among boys
#1,839
Rank overall
#4,438 of 105,966
First appeared
1951
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
4,612
Since 2016
2,112
Peak year
2024 #908
Best rank
#908 2024
Girls Boys peak 258/yr
1960198020002020

Meir first appears in 1951. 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 — 248 248 #949
2024 — 258 258 #908
2023 — 244 244 #931
2022 — 234 234 #969
2021 — 188 188 #1,106
2020 — 222 222 #971
2019 — 197 197 #1,045
2018 — 190 190 #1,065
2017 — 175 175 #1,108
2016 — 156 156 #1,211
2015 — 152 152 #1,212
2014 — 148 148 #1,231
2013 — 111 111 #1,477
2012 — 126 126 #1,349
2011 — 119 119 #1,396
2010 — 118 118 #1,410
2009 — 94 94 #1,676
2008 — 109 109 #1,495
2007 — 114 114 #1,425
2006 — 77 77 #1,798
2005 — 88 88 #1,577
2004 — 79 79 #1,635
2003 — 59 59 #1,974
2002 — 60 60 #1,872
2001 — 50 50 #2,095
2000 — 45 45 #2,204
1999 — 45 45 #2,113
1998 — 54 54 #1,842
1997 — 59 59 #1,676
1996 — 52 52 #1,772
1995 — 40 40 #2,082
1994 — 44 44 #1,909
1993 — 37 37 #2,139
1992 — 42 42 #1,936
1991 — 54 54 #1,582
1990 — 28 28 #2,463
1989 — 42 42 #1,819
1988 — 41 41 #1,719
1987 — 31 31 #2,002
1986 — 31 31 #1,950
1985 — 21 21 #2,471
1984 — 25 25 #2,128
1983 — 24 24 #2,189
1982 — 27 27 #2,030
1981 — 12 12 #3,516
1980 — 18 18 #2,685
1979 — 16 16 #2,840
1978 — 23 23 #2,109
1977 — 17 17 #2,626
1976 — 15 15 #2,785
1975 — 20 20 #2,263
1974 — 11 11 #3,239
1973 — 14 14 #2,678
1972 — 7 7 #4,222
1971 — 16 16 #2,432
1970 — 11 11 #3,022
1969 — 16 16 #2,200
1967 — 5 5 #4,362
1966 — 6 6 #3,835
1965 — 5 5 #4,277
1964 — 8 8 #3,248
1962 — 8 8 #3,267
1959 — 9 9 #3,011
1958 — 5 5 #4,377
1957 — 6 6 #3,928
1951 — 6 6 #3,707