Meriam

Girl · recorded 1897–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1923best year

Most popular in 1923.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1897

0152918971929196119922024

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 107 recorded years as a table
Meriam, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189721
190223
190827
191015
191211
191327
191412
191515
191614
191727
191816
191921
192028
192119
192227
192329
192426
192527
192617
192723
192824
192916
193016
193120
193212
193317
193417
193513
193613
193711
19389
19399
194010
19419
194210
19438
19445
19455
194610
194710
194811
19496
19507
19516
19526
19535
19544
19564
19573
19585
19593
19602
19612
19625
19635
19653
19675
19683
19693
19703
19725
19755
19763
19773
19786
19803
19815
19825
19834
19845
19855
19874
19884
19893
19906
19915
19939
19956
19964
19973
19985
199910
20007
200111
20027
20038
20048
200510
20067
200710
200810
200910
20107
20118
20126
20139
201410
20158
201611
201710
20186
20199
20204
20214
20227
20238
20246

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Meriam isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
10
Rank in 2024
#9,556
How rare
1 in 162,019 girls
Since 1897
1,391

Meriam was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1923, at 29 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Meriam doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.