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.

Meriel

#13,055 most common girls' name of all time · #21,587 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1916–2014

Rank among girls
#13,055
Rank overall
#21,587 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
376
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1934 #2,171
Best rank
#2,171 1934
Girls Boys peak 15/yr
19201940196019802000

Meriel first appears in 1916. 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
2014 13 — 13 #8,547
2011 6 — 6 #14,951
2010 6 — 6 #15,109
2009 10 — 10 #10,750
2008 10 — 10 #10,878
2006 9 — 9 #11,505
2005 9 — 9 #11,016
2004 8 — 8 #11,740
2002 14 — 14 #7,495
2001 13 — 13 #7,784
2000 9 — 9 #9,956
1999 5 — 5 #14,593
1998 5 — 5 #14,327
1997 8 — 8 #9,918
1996 10 — 10 #8,224
1995 9 — 9 #8,868
1994 5 — 5 #13,621
1993 9 — 9 #8,799
1992 5 — 5 #13,522
1991 5 — 5 #13,380
1989 7 — 7 #9,821
1988 7 — 7 #9,378
1984 10 — 10 #6,391
1982 12 — 12 #5,623
1981 5 — 5 #10,645
1972 5 — 5 #8,514
1969 5 — 5 #7,706
1965 5 — 5 #6,778
1953 7 — 7 #4,772
1952 5 — 5 #5,856
1951 8 — 8 #4,183
1950 6 — 6 #4,967
1949 5 — 5 #5,578
1948 5 — 5 #5,538
1946 9 — 9 #3,558
1943 7 — 7 #4,021
1939 5 — 5 #4,610
1937 6 — 6 #4,063
1935 7 — 7 #3,640
1934 15 — 15 #2,171
1933 6 — 6 #4,039
1932 6 — 6 #4,222
1929 10 — 10 #3,095
1927 5 — 5 #5,225
1925 7 — 7 #4,295
1924 7 — 7 #4,290
1920 7 — 7 #4,303
1919 5 — 5 #5,214
1917 5 — 5 #5,032
1916 9 — 9 #3,250