Meribeth · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1916

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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 44 recorded years as a table

Meribeth, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1916	5
1924	4
1941	5
1943	5
1944	11
1945	8
1946	10
1947	7
1948	5
1949	5
1950	11
1951	6
1952	5
1953	7
1954	6
1955	11
1956	5
1957	10
1958	7
1959	7
1960	7
1961	9
1962	9
1963	8
1964	5
1965	7
1966	4
1967	6
1968	7
1969	4
1970	6
1971	7
1972	4
1973	10
1974	5
1975	3
1976	5
1978	5
1979	5
1980	5
1982	4
1987	3
1989	3
1991	5

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Meribeth 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1991: 9
Rank in 1991: #8,588
How rare: 1 in 208,334 girls
Since 1916: 476

Meribeth was last recorded in 1991. 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 1955, at 11 per million girls born.

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

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