Meyer

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #1,688 for boys in 2025, 97 births
Given to boys 96.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#301
1912 · 143 births
Debut · boys
1881
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,404
since 1881

Meyer over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Meyer has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #301, 1912boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,9178#1,68897
2024#6,16719#1,79591
2023#6,68017#1,681101
2022#5,46523#1,80490
2021#8,02413#1,68897
2020#7,21215#1,84980
2019#13,7996#2,22862
2018#12,4647#2,10167
2017#6,04420#2,09166
2016#5,98521#1,90377
2015#8,00814#1,98373
2014#6,20720#2,13864
2013#6,46219#2,13962
2012#14,9626#2,29256
2011—#3,30633
2010—#3,12836
2009—#2,66346
2008—#3,16536
2007—#2,97439
2006—#4,10523
2005—#3,09133
2004—#4,79317
2003—#3,83822
2002—#5,39513
2001—#4,12119
2000—#3,21926
1999—#3,48022
1998—#3,29623
1997—#6,6188
1996—#4,18515
1995—#3,30320
1994—#4,80312
1993—#3,04222
1992—#4,32713
1991—#5,9428
1990—#2,95221
1989—#3,80914
1988—#3,70513
1987—#3,52113
1986—#3,44013
1985—#3,59912
1984—#3,70111
1983—#3,88410
1982—#5,0037
1981—#6,2625
1980—#6,2505
1979—#3,56911
1978—#3,07013
1977—#3,60610
1976—#2,50817
1975—#2,54016
1974—#3,12011
1973—#1,92822
1972—#2,99111
1971—#3,6588
1970—#3,5218
1969—#3,9356
1968—#3,6736
1967—#2,61110
1966—#2,7849
1965—#3,5376
1964—#3,2827
1963—#2,41412
1962—#2,36412
1961—#2,53811
1960—#2,68510
1959—#1,80620
1958—#1,83819
1957—#2,19014
1956—#1,94517
1955—#1,97916
1954—#3,4526
1953—#2,39111
1952—#1,85617
1951—#1,90416
1950—#2,01914
1949—#2,22512
1948—#2,02714
1947—#1,73319
1946—#2,03013
1945—#1,63317
1944—#1,73816
1943—#2,5639
1942—#3,2126
1941—#1,53220
1940—#2,08112
1939—#3,1136
1938—#2,32610
1937—#1,52820
1936—#1,72316
1935—#1,75716
1934—#1,55120
1933—#1,36124
1932—#1,77717
1931—#1,19433
1930—#1,19035
1929—#87857
1928—#75273
1927—#75475
1926—#68985
1925—#69087
1924—#619106
1923—#542128
1922—#526140
1921—#505150
1920—#533132
1919—#447172
1918—#437183
1917—#385214
1916—#381210
1915—#377203
1914—#342186
1913—#307167
1912—#301143
1911—#34463
1910—#35352
1909—#41935
1908—#33545
1907—#40531
1906—#59016
1905—#47722
1904—#40127
1903—#47020
1902—#44022
1901—#50615
1900—#55519
1899—#9286
1898—#66311
1897—#61512
1896—#55114
1895—#60912
1894—#9546
1893—#65010
1892—#8617
1891—#9635
1890—#8147
1889—#9745
1888—#9176
1887—#9215
1886——
1885—#9365
1884——
1883—#7996
1882—#9435
1881—#56310
1880——
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Meyer! It came in at #563, and was given to 10 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1884–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Meyer is popular in 1926

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedMNIllinois: #437 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 8,277 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedMINew York: #176 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 1,852 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #376 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 8,726 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Meyer, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#176 · 1 in 1,852
  2. Pennsylvania#376 · 1 in 8,726
  3. Illinois#437 · 1 in 8,277

Best ever in a state: #87 in New York, 1910.

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New York#176521 in 1,852
Pennsylvania#376101 in 8,726
Illinois#43771 in 8,277
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Meyer
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 107 spots since 2024 (#1,795 → #1,688)
  • 161 spots since 2020 (#1,849 → #1,688)
  • 295 spots since 2015 (#1,983 → #1,688)
  • Biggest jump: 373 spots in 1900 (#928 → #555)
  • Biggest drop: 380 spots in 1882 (#563 → #943)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1912 at #301 (143 births)
  • Births halved by 1929, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 47 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1887–1929
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,007
  • Highest: 1 in 3,007 boys born in 1912 were named Meyer (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 17,609 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 29.5% of all boys named Meyer (1,593) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s42#563 (1881)#865
1890s90#551 (1896)#761
1900s252#335 (1908)#460
1910s1,593#301 (1912)#367
1920s1,033#505 (1921)#649
1930s197#1,190 (1930)#1,752
1940s138#1,532 (1941)#2,077
1950s150#1,806 (1959)#2,138
1960s89#2,364 (1962)#2,982
1970s127#1,928 (1973)#3,051
1980s103#3,440 (1986)#4,317
1990s164#2,952 (1990)#4,195
2000s274#2,663 (2009)#3,736
2010s596#1,903 (2016)#2,331
2020s556#1,681 (2023)#1,751

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Meyer in 1926

boys
#689
85 births · 1 in 13,065 boys

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #689Meyer85
More about 1926

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 13,065 of them was named Meyer, which outranked 85.8% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Meyer
  1. #683Glendon86
  2. #683Oran86
  3. #683Santiago86
  4. #689Meyer85
  5. #689Kyle85
  6. #689Verlin85
  7. #692Cruz84
  8. #692Haskell84
  9. #694Aron83

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 477Jonnie#1,332 → #855
  2. ↑ 433Jorge#1,425 → #992
  3. ↑ 410Faustino#1,390 → #980
  4. ↑ 404Adelbert#1,246 → #842
  5. ↑ 381Cameron#1,164 → #783
Fallers
  1. ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
  2. ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
  3. ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
  5. ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1926 →