Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Meir” in the USA?

Number of people named “Meir” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Meir” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Meir” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Meir” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Meir” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Meir” by birth year

This chart shows how “Meir” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1951 6 0.000001629 6 -100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 -100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 -100%
1962 8 0.000001982 8 -100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1969 16 0.000004604 16 -100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 -100%
1971 16 0.000004662 16 -100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 -100%
1973 14 0.000004641 14 -100%
1974 11 0.000003618 11 -100%
1975 20 0.000006624 20 -100%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 -100%
1977 17 0.000005352 17 -100%
1978 23 0.000007247 23 -100%
1979 16 0.000004809 16 -100%
1980 18 0.000005226 18 -100%
1981 12 0.000003469 12 -100%
1982 27 0.000007697 27 -100%
1983 24 0.00000693 24 -100%
1984 25 0.000007166 25 -100%
1985 21 0.000005884 21 -100%
1986 31 0.000008715 31 -100%
1987 31 0.000008598 31 -100%
1988 41 0.000011096 41 -100%
1989 42 0.000010925 42 -100%
1990 28 0.000007084 28 -100%
1991 54 0.000013863 54 -100%
1992 42 0.000010934 42 -100%
1993 37 0.000009814 37 -100%
1994 44 0.000011835 44 -100%
1995 40 0.000010923 40 -100%
1996 52 0.000014258 52 -100%
1997 59 0.000016272 59 -100%
1998 54 0.000014681 54 -100%
1999 45 0.000012182 45 -100%
2000 45 0.000011905 45 -100%
2001 50 0.000013357 50 -100%
2002 60 0.00001605 60 -100%
2003 59 0.000015517 59 -100%
2004 79 0.000020676 79 -100%
2005 88 0.000022888 88 -100%
2006 77 0.000019463 77 -100%
2007 114 0.000028517 114 -100%
2008 109 0.000027731 109 -100%
2009 94 0.000024606 94 -100%
2010 118 0.000031929 118 -100%
2011 119 0.000032533 119 -100%
2012 126 0.000034451 126 -100%
2013 111 0.000030447 111 -100%
2014 148 0.000039931 148 -100%
2015 152 0.000041071 152 -100%
2016 156 0.000042522 156 -100%
2017 175 0.000048935 175 -100%
2018 190 0.00005404 190 -100%
2019 197 0.000056757 197 -100%
2020 222 0.000066456 222 -100%
2021 187 0.000055196 187 -100%
2022 232 0.000068575 232 -100%
2023 244 0.000073689 244 -100%
2024 253 0.00007601 253 -100%

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