Meri
#3,859 most common girls' name of all time · #6,596 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1917–2025
Rank among girls
#3,859
Rank overall
#6,596 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
93 of 146
All-time
2,502
Since 2016
103
Peak year
1961 #1,173
Best rank
#1,164 1955
Girls
Boys
peak 89/yr
Meri first appears in 1917. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,197 |
| 2024 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,031 |
| 2023 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,108 |
| 2022 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,358 |
| 2021 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,667 |
| 2020 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,204 |
| 2019 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,826 |
| 2018 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,222 |
| 2017 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,094 |
| 2016 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,445 |
| 2015 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,958 |
| 2014 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,026 |
| 2013 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,273 |
| 2012 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,506 |
| 2011 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,273 |
| 2010 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,187 |
| 2009 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,833 |
| 2008 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,971 |
| 2007 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,583 |
| 2006 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,679 |
| 2005 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,952 |
| 2004 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,449 |
| 2003 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,105 |
| 2002 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,438 |
| 2001 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,375 |
| 2000 | 24 | — | 24 | #4,827 |
| 1999 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,896 |
| 1998 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,115 |
| 1997 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,553 |
| 1996 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,699 |
| 1995 | 24 | — | 24 | #4,243 |
| 1994 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,183 |
| 1993 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,595 |
| 1992 | 20 | — | 20 | #4,885 |
| 1991 | 26 | — | 26 | #3,954 |
| 1990 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,610 |
| 1989 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,609 |
| 1988 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,660 |
| 1987 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,410 |
| 1986 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,405 |
| 1985 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,691 |
| 1984 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,641 |
| 1983 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,851 |
| 1982 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,931 |
| 1981 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,175 |
| 1980 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,392 |
| 1979 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,743 |
| 1978 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,314 |
| 1977 | 28 | — | 28 | #2,859 |
| 1976 | 36 | — | 36 | #2,314 |
| 1975 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,422 |
| 1974 | 36 | — | 36 | #2,224 |
| 1973 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,819 |
| 1972 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,002 |
| 1971 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,947 |
| 1970 | 60 | — | 60 | #1,588 |
| 1969 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,851 |
| 1968 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,793 |
| 1967 | 59 | — | 59 | #1,450 |
| 1966 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,578 |
| 1965 | 62 | — | 62 | #1,404 |
| 1964 | 63 | — | 63 | #1,428 |
| 1963 | 77 | — | 77 | #1,256 |
| 1962 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,274 |
| 1961 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,173 |
| 1960 | 78 | — | 78 | #1,243 |
| 1959 | 74 | — | 74 | #1,251 |
| 1958 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,646 |
| 1957 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,502 |
| 1956 | 59 | — | 59 | #1,358 |
| 1955 | 74 | — | 74 | #1,164 |
| 1954 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,337 |
| 1953 | 62 | — | 62 | #1,238 |
| 1952 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,498 |
| 1951 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,546 |
| 1950 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,388 |
| 1949 | 46 | — | 46 | #1,366 |
| 1948 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,514 |
| 1947 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,455 |
| 1946 | 48 | — | 48 | #1,253 |
| 1945 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,473 |
| 1944 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,956 |
| 1943 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,877 |
| 1942 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,367 |
| 1941 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,182 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,665 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,713 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,853 |
| 1924 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,339 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,805 |
| 1920 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,344 |
| 1919 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,699 |
| 1917 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,234 |