Meera
- #1,016 for girls in 2025, 246 births
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 246 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,259since 1965
Meera over time
Rank among girls' names. Meera has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,016 | 246 |
| 2024 | #1,103 | 222 |
| 2023 | #1,255 | 183 |
| 2022 | #1,269 | 189 |
| 2021 | #1,162 | 210 |
| 2020 | #1,294 | 171 |
| 2019 | #1,145 | 210 |
| 2018 | #1,223 | 191 |
| 2017 | #1,291 | 182 |
| 2016 | #1,232 | 198 |
| 2015 | #1,293 | 186 |
| 2014 | #1,345 | 174 |
| 2013 | #1,435 | 157 |
| 2012 | #2,286 | 82 |
| 2011 | #2,326 | 80 |
| 2010 | #1,978 | 101 |
| 2009 | #2,396 | 80 |
| 2008 | #2,218 | 89 |
| 2007 | #2,348 | 81 |
| 2006 | #2,512 | 73 |
| 2005 | #2,314 | 77 |
| 2004 | #2,556 | 65 |
| 2003 | #2,106 | 83 |
| 2002 | #2,497 | 63 |
| 2001 | #2,571 | 59 |
| 2000 | #3,020 | 46 |
| 1999 | #2,567 | 55 |
| 1998 | #2,846 | 46 |
| 1997 | #2,174 | 63 |
| 1996 | #2,476 | 51 |
| 1995 | #2,977 | 39 |
| 1994 | #3,038 | 38 |
| 1993 | #3,506 | 31 |
| 1992 | #3,144 | 36 |
| 1991 | #3,443 | 31 |
| 1990 | #3,227 | 34 |
| 1989 | #4,020 | 24 |
| 1988 | #3,393 | 28 |
| 1987 | #3,857 | 22 |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 |
| 1980 | #3,609 | 22 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
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| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Meera! It came in at #6,539, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1970, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Meera is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#375 · 1 in 1,602
- Washington#478 · 1 in 2,061
- Michigan#638 · 1 in 2,978
- California#675 · 1 in 3,516
- Georgia#796 · 1 in 3,767
Best ever in a state: #375 in Massachusetts, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Massachusetts | #375 | 15 | 1 in 1,602 |
| Washington | #478 | 14 | 1 in 2,061 |
| Michigan | #638 | 12 | 1 in 2,978 |
| California | #675 | 46 | 1 in 3,516 |
| Georgia | #796 | 12 | 1 in 3,767 |
| Illinois | #797 | 11 | 1 in 4,030 |
| Pennsylvania | #813 | 11 | 1 in 4,244 |
| Maryland | #840 | 5 | 1 in 3,997 |
| New Jersey | #846 | 8 | 1 in 4,438 |
| Texas | #917 | 31 | 1 in 5,179 |
| New York | #980 | 15 | 1 in 5,222 |
| Tennessee | #983 | 6 | 1 in 5,346 |
| Virginia | #1,037 | 6 | 1 in 5,624 |
| Ohio | #1,134 | 7 | 1 in 6,753 |
| North Carolina | #1,437 | 5 | 1 in 9,297 |
| Florida | #1,545 | 8 | 1 in 10,845 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Meera
- 278 spots since 2020 (#1,294 → #1,016)
- Debuted 1965
- Peaked 2025 at #1,016 (246 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 6,534 girls born in 2025 were named Meera (0.02%)
- 36.7% of all girls named Meera (1,561) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26 | #6,539 (1965) | #6,708 |
| 1970s | 89 | #4,614 (1976) | #5,816 |
| 1980s | 222 | #3,393 (1988) | #3,770 |
| 1990s | 424 | #2,174 (1997) | #2,940 |
| 2000s | 716 | #2,106 (2003) | #2,454 |
| 2010s | 1,561 | #1,145 (2019) | #1,555 |
| 2020s | 1,221 | #1,016 (2025) | #1,183 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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