girl's name

Meria

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 187

Meria is a girl's name. In 2018 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1963, when 9 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1951.

Meria over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2018, not a full ten years.

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'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Meria by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 33
1960s 25
1970s 43
1980s 10
1990s 6
2000s 5
2010s (to 2018) 15

How popular is Meria?

In 2018, Meria was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Meria is used

France #6,112 5 in 2024
United States #16,286 5 in 2018

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Meria is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Méria Méria is a rare spelling of Meria, written with an acute accent and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. 5

Names that peaked alongside Meria

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Meria also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Meria over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Meria

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Meria — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Meria

How popular is the name Meria?

In 2018, Meria was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Meria a girl's or a boy's name?

Meria is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Meria most popular?

Meria peaked in 1963, when 9 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.