girls:
180 births since 2012
#5536 (3rd percentile)
boys:
5.2k births since 1881
#1657 (64th percentile)
overall:
5.4k births since 1881
#3718 (52nd percentile)
The name Meyer is the #3,718 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,395 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 52.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 52.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,657 (63.9% percentile) for all time with 5,215 births since 1881. For girls, it ranks #5,536 (3.1% percentile) for all time with 180 births since 2012.
Meyer first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (1881 for boys and 2012 for girls). Birth data for Meyer is available in 141 out of the 143 years between 1881 and 2023 (141 years for boys and 12 years for girls). 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 Meyer has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 85.6% of babies named Meyer were boys.
For boys, Meyer reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 36.5% percentile (ranked #319) with 227 births per million. The name was most common in 1912, with 317 births per million (ranked 34.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2004, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Meyer ranks #815 for boys (10.5% percentile) with 55 births per million, which is 17.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Meyer reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #941) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Meyer ranks #935 for girls (1.3% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 79.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Meyer".
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