Baby Name Popularity Profile

Meir

Data-driven SSA statistics, rankings, and historical trends for Meir.

✦ Shining 🌍 Hebrew Spiritual Traditional
National Rank (2025) #948
All-Time Peak Rank #908 Achieved 2024
Total U.S. Births 4,612 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 100.0% Boy / 0.0% Girl Male Archetype
First Recorded 1951 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 2010s 258 births in 2024
💡 The Meir Vibe: Considered a Rising Star. A high-velocity modern choice demonstrating rapid, sustained growth in recent registries.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning Shining
Language Origin Hebrew
Origin Type single
Derived from Hebrew, meaning 'one who gives light' or 'shining'.
Pronunciation: MAY-eer
Themes & Categories
Spiritual Traditional
Etymology confidence: High

📊 Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

Annual registration volume (number of births) for Meir across 146 years of SSA data.

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) +11.7%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) +63.2%
2015: 152 births 152 2016: 156 births 2017: 175 births 2018: 190 births 2019: 197 births 2020: 222 births 222 2021: 188 births 2022: 234 births 2023: 244 births 2024: 258 births 2025: 248 births 248
2015 2020 2025

📈 Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 258 births in 2024
Years in Top 100 0 yrs
Years in Top 500 0 yrs
Longest Streak 57 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 0
1890s: 0
1900s: 0
1910s: 0
1920s: 0
1930s: 0
1940s: 0
1950s: 26
1960s: 48
1970s: 150
1980s: 272
1990s: 455
2000s: 775
2010s: 1,492
2020s: 1,394

📐 Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables Meir
Letter Count 4 letters
Spelling Complexity Easy
Length Percentile Longer than 1.4% of names
Linguistic Profile: It is an isogram, meaning no two letters are repeated. Longer than 1.4% of SSA names. Starts with M, a letter used by only 7.6% of SSA names.

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📍 Authentic State & Regional Rankings

Highest Ranking State New Jersey
Top States New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Florida, California
States with Data 10
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
New Jersey #105 1,112 2024 +21.3% Growth
New York #177 2,481 2022 +4.8% Growth
Maryland Unranked 47 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Florida #1174 77 2021 Insufficient historical volume
California #1655 101 2018 Insufficient historical volume
Ohio #1206 16 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Illinois Unranked 16 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Georgia Unranked 6 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Michigan Unranked 5 2020 Insufficient historical volume
Pennsylvania #1368 5 2025 Insufficient historical volume

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