girls:
1.3k births since 1973
#4377 (23rd percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1973
#6394 (17th percentile)
The name Meara is the #6,394 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,349 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 17.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 17.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,377 (23.4% percentile) for all time with 1,349 births since 1973.
Meara first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (first recorded for girls in 1973). Birth data for Meara is available in 47 out of the 51 years between 1973 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Meara reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 7.0% percentile (ranked #893) with 37 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 37 births per million (ranked 7.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Meara ranks #929 for girls (1.9% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 35.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Meara".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Meara. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 42.2% confident that Meara is pronounced as MEE-ruh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MIH-ruh, at 42.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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