Meriel

Girl · recorded 1916–2014

  • 2014last recorded
  • 1934best year

Most popular in 1934.

Last recorded in 2014. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Meriel.

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Its story

Popularity since 1916

071419161941196519902014

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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 50 recorded years as a table
Meriel, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19169
19175
19194
19206
19246
19256
19274
19299
19326
19336
193414
19357
19376
19395
19435
19466
19483
19493
19504
19514
19523
19534
19653
19693
19723
19813
19827
19846
19884
19894
19913
19923
19935
19943
19955
19966
19975
19983
19993
20005
20017
20028
20044
20055
20065
20085
20095
20103
20113
20147

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Meriel 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 2014
13
Rank in 2014
#8,485
How rare
1 in 137,411 girls
Since 1916
376

Meriel was last recorded in 2014. 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 1934, at 14 per million girls born.

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

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