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.

Meyer

#1,615 most common boys' name of all time · #3,918 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among boys
#1,615
Rank overall
#3,918 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
143 of 146
All-time
5,612
Since 2016
977
Peak year
1917 #386
Best rank
#301 1912
Girls Boys peak 214/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Meyer first appears in 1881. 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 8 97 105 #1,689
2024 19 91 110 #1,795
2023 17 101 118 #1,684
2022 23 90 113 #1,804
2021 13 97 110 #1,690
2020 15 80 95 #1,854
2019 6 62 68 #2,231
2018 7 67 74 #2,103
2017 20 66 86 #2,095
2016 21 77 98 #1,904
2015 14 73 87 #1,985
2014 20 64 84 #2,139
2013 19 62 81 #2,143
2012 6 56 62 #2,295
2011 — 33 33 #3,310
2010 — 36 36 #3,133
2009 — 46 46 #2,664
2008 — 36 36 #3,166
2007 — 39 39 #2,975
2006 — 23 23 #4,111
2005 — 33 33 #3,099
2004 — 17 17 #4,801
2003 — 22 22 #3,848
2002 — 13 13 #5,410
2001 — 19 19 #4,133
2000 — 26 26 #3,226
1999 — 22 22 #3,484
1998 — 23 23 #3,301
1997 — 8 8 #6,641
1996 — 15 15 #4,204
1995 — 20 20 #3,309
1994 — 12 12 #4,826
1993 — 22 22 #3,051
1992 — 13 13 #4,338
1991 — 8 8 #5,966
1990 — 21 21 #2,963
1989 — 14 14 #3,822
1988 — 13 13 #3,718
1987 — 13 13 #3,539
1986 — 13 13 #3,459
1985 — 12 12 #3,617
1984 — 11 11 #3,721
1983 — 10 10 #3,900
1982 — 7 7 #5,038
1981 — 5 5 #6,312
1980 — 5 5 #6,308
1979 — 11 11 #3,587
1978 — 13 13 #3,077
1977 — 10 10 #3,631
1976 — 17 17 #2,523
1975 — 16 16 #2,556
1974 — 11 11 #3,147
1973 — 22 22 #1,936
1972 — 11 11 #3,005
1971 — 8 8 #3,690
1970 — 8 8 #3,548
1969 — 6 6 #3,978
1968 — 6 6 #3,721
1967 — 10 10 #2,628
1966 — 9 9 #2,809
1965 — 6 6 #3,564
1964 — 7 7 #3,323
1963 — 12 12 #2,437
1962 — 12 12 #2,390
1961 — 11 11 #2,563
1960 — 10 10 #2,716
1959 — 20 20 #1,822
1958 — 19 19 #1,849
1957 — 14 14 #2,202
1956 — 17 17 #1,961
1955 — 16 16 #1,988
1954 — 6 6 #3,483
1953 — 11 11 #2,417
1952 — 17 17 #1,871
1951 — 16 16 #1,917
1950 — 14 14 #2,037
1949 — 12 12 #2,243
1948 — 14 14 #2,047
1947 — 19 19 #1,750
1946 — 13 13 #2,048
1945 — 17 17 #1,642
1944 — 16 16 #1,754
1943 — 9 9 #2,588
1942 — 6 6 #3,253
1941 — 20 20 #1,546
1940 — 12 12 #2,102
1939 — 6 6 #3,150
1938 — 10 10 #2,350
1937 — 20 20 #1,545
1936 — 16 16 #1,741
1935 — 16 16 #1,774
1934 — 20 20 #1,565
1933 — 24 24 #1,373
1932 — 17 17 #1,798
1931 — 33 33 #1,202
1930 — 35 35 #1,198
1929 — 57 57 #884
1928 — 73 73 #754
1927 — 75 75 #757
1926 — 85 85 #689
1925 — 87 87 #694
1924 — 106 106 #621
1923 — 128 128 #543
1922 — 140 140 #528
1921 — 150 150 #507
1920 — 132 132 #534
1919 — 172 172 #447
1918 — 183 183 #439
1917 — 214 214 #386
1916 — 210 210 #383
1915 — 203 203 #377
1914 — 186 186 #343
1913 — 167 167 #311
1912 — 143 143 #301
1911 — 63 63 #348
1910 — 52 52 #358
1909 — 35 35 #427
1908 — 45 45 #340
1907 — 31 31 #414
1906 — 16 16 #609
1905 — 22 22 #488
1904 — 27 27 #408
1903 — 20 20 #485
1902 — 22 22 #458
1901 — 15 15 #529
1900 — 19 19 #576
1899 — 6 6 #1,002
1898 — 11 11 #691
1897 — 12 12 #646
1896 — 14 14 #585
1895 — 12 12 #635
1894 — 6 6 #1,024
1893 — 10 10 #694
1892 — 7 7 #920
1891 — 5 5 #1,040
1890 — 7 7 #853
1889 — 5 5 #1,039
1888 — 6 6 #976
1887 — 5 5 #994
1885 — 5 5 #1,012
1883 — 6 6 #858
1882 — 5 5 #1,009
1881 — 10 10 #593