Meriah
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293
- Peak · girls
- 1991 · 52 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 910since 1973
Meriah over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Meriah has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 |
| 2008 | #5,574 | 25 |
| 2007 | #5,526 | 25 |
| 2006 | #5,383 | 25 |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 |
| 2003 | #5,419 | 22 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 |
| 2001 | #4,564 | 26 |
| 2000 | #3,216 | 42 |
| 1999 | #3,970 | 29 |
| 1998 | #2,973 | 43 |
| 1997 | #2,874 | 42 |
| 1996 | #3,093 | 38 |
| 1995 | #2,788 | 43 |
| 1994 | #3,168 | 36 |
| 1993 | #3,506 | 31 |
| 1992 | #2,777 | 43 |
| 1991 | #2,420 | 52 |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
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First appearance
1973
The first year at least five girls were named Meriah! It came in at #7,435, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2019–2020, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Meriah is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Meriah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 1991 at #2,420 (52 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 36,058
- Highest: 1 in 36,058 girls born in 1991 were named Meriah (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 41.3% of all girls named Meriah (376) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 66 | #4,614 (1976) | #6,234 |
| 1980s | 108 | #4,743 (1980) | #6,460 |
| 1990s | 376 | #2,420 (1991) | #3,244 |
| 2000s | 241 | #3,216 (2000) | #5,505 |
| 2010s | 87 | #7,513 (2010) | #11,098 |
| 2020s | 32 | #10,312 (2023) | #13,298 |
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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