Meriam
Meriam is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 100.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 192335 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1897
- 1,391people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,391 girls have been named Meriam in the United States since 1897, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1923, with 35 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1948, and the 1920s alone account for 20%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Meriam | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 15 | |
| 1910s | 139 | |
| 1920s | 281 | |
| 1930s | 147 | |
| 1940s | 122 | |
| 1950s | 83 | |
| 1960s | 54 | |
| 1970s | 39 | |
| 1980s | 64 | |
| 1990s | 88 | |
| 2000s | 160 | |
| 2010s | 146 | |
| 2020s | 48 |
In 1923, its biggest year
Meriam was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1923 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Betty. See all of 1923.
Names that rose and fell with Meriam
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ileenpeak 1924
- Carmellapeak 1922
- Ailenepeak 1926
- Michelinapeak 1922
- Genevivepeak 1923
- Audrypeak 1928
- Vivianpeak 1920
- Annamaepeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.