girls:
766 births since 1993
#4950 (13th percentile)
boys:
12 births since 2009
#4574 (0th percentile)
overall:
778 births since 1993
#6961 (10th percentile)
The name Meher is the #6,961 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 778 recorded births since 1993. This represents the 10.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,950 (13.4% percentile) for all time with 766 births since 1993. For boys, it ranks #4,574 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 12 births since 2009.
Meher first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1993 (1993 for girls and 2009 for boys). Birth data for Meher is available in 28 out of the 31 years between 1993 and 2023 (28 years for girls and 2 years for boys). 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.
The name Meher has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Meher reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 6.3% percentile (ranked #877) with 36 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 36 births per million (ranked 6.3% percentile). Despite a peak around 2010, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Meher ranks #898 for girls (5.2% percentile) with 31 births per million, which is 86.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Meher reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #899) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Meher".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Meher. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 83.8% confident that Meher is pronounced as MEH-her, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAY-her, at 16.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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