Meriel
- Last seen for girls in 2014 at #8,485
- Peak · girls
- 1934 · 15 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 376since 1916
Meriel over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Meriel 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 | — | |
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| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
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| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | — | |
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| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 |
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First appearance
1916
The first year at least five girls were named Meriel! It came in at #3,031, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1919, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Meriel is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Meriel 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 2014
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1934 at #2,087 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1935, 1 yr 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 69,615
- Highest: 1 in 69,615 girls born in 1934 were named Meriel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 137,412 girls born in 2014 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 21.8% of all girls named Meriel (82) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 19 | #3,031 (1916) | #4,146 |
| 1920s | 36 | #2,921 (1929) | #3,943 |
| 1930s | 45 | #2,087 (1934) | #3,537 |
| 1940s | 26 | #3,430 (1946) | #4,430 |
| 1950s | 26 | #4,011 (1951) | #4,727 |
| 1960s | 10 | #6,539 (1965) | #7,005 |
| 1970s | 5 | #8,292 (1972) | #8,292 |
| 1980s | 41 | #5,534 (1982) | #8,232 |
| 1990s | 61 | #8,132 (1996) | #11,538 |
| 2000s | 82 | #7,444 (2002) | #10,061 |
| 2010s | 25 | #8,485 (2014) | #12,756 |
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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