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.

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
1900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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