Meriam
#5,671 most common girls' name of all time · #9,611 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1897–2024
Rank among girls
#5,671
Rank overall
#9,611 of 105,966
First appeared
1897
Years on the list
107 of 146
All-time
1,391
Since 2016
110
Peak year
1923 #1,340
Best rank
#1,340 1923
Girls
Boys
peak 35/yr
Meriam first appears in 1897. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,599 |
| 2023 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,085 |
| 2022 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,574 |
| 2021 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,272 |
| 2020 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,531 |
| 2019 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,366 |
| 2018 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,846 |
| 2017 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,827 |
| 2016 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,206 |
| 2015 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,038 |
| 2014 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,733 |
| 2013 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,777 |
| 2012 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,482 |
| 2011 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,223 |
| 2010 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,731 |
| 2009 | 18 | — | 18 | #7,084 |
| 2008 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,817 |
| 2007 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,830 |
| 2006 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,273 |
| 2005 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,550 |
| 2004 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,863 |
| 2003 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,608 |
| 2002 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,850 |
| 2001 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,838 |
| 2000 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,066 |
| 1999 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,685 |
| 1998 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,181 |
| 1997 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,163 |
| 1996 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,639 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,564 |
| 1993 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,705 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,048 |
| 1990 | 12 | — | 12 | #6,894 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,478 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,318 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,862 |
| 1985 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,009 |
| 1984 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,881 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,531 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,482 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,526 |
| 1978 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,451 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,793 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,437 |
| 1975 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,253 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,034 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,125 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,596 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,148 |
| 1967 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,682 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,918 |
| 1963 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,318 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,595 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,676 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,500 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,120 |
| 1958 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,985 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,484 |
| 1956 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,221 |
| 1954 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,353 |
| 1953 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,016 |
| 1952 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,408 |
| 1951 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,336 |
| 1950 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,118 |
| 1949 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,456 |
| 1948 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,358 |
| 1947 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,475 |
| 1946 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,425 |
| 1945 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,757 |
| 1944 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,775 |
| 1943 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,924 |
| 1942 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,459 |
| 1941 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,729 |
| 1940 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,644 |
| 1939 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,811 |
| 1938 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1937 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,498 |
| 1936 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,198 |
| 1935 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,253 |
| 1934 | 18 | — | 18 | #1,871 |
| 1933 | 17 | — | 17 | #1,936 |
| 1932 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,428 |
| 1931 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,724 |
| 1930 | 18 | — | 18 | #1,980 |
| 1929 | 18 | — | 18 | #1,989 |
| 1928 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,525 |
| 1927 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,600 |
| 1926 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,962 |
| 1925 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,428 |
| 1924 | 32 | — | 32 | #1,487 |
| 1923 | 35 | — | 35 | #1,340 |
| 1922 | 32 | — | 32 | #1,453 |
| 1921 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,848 |
| 1920 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,402 |
| 1919 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,677 |
| 1918 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,069 |
| 1917 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,392 |
| 1916 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,194 |
| 1915 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,103 |
| 1914 | 9 | — | 9 | #2,532 |
| 1913 | 17 | — | 17 | #1,453 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | 6 | #2,774 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | 6 | #2,269 |
| 1908 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,522 |
| 1902 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,755 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,774 |