Meir Boy
How popular is Meir?
#948 boy name in 2025
248 baby boys were named Meir in the US in 2025, making it the 948th most popular boy name.
Meir popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #948 for boys (▼ 41 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 248 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+63% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,210 in 2015, #969 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (258 boys) |
| Highest rank | #907 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1951 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Meir counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Meir family of names ranked #848 for boys in 2025 (#831 the year before), with 263 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Meir | 248 | 94% |
| Meer | 15 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Meir is most popular
Babies named Meir per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 1.9 per 1,000 (379 boys)
- New York: 1.3 per 1,000 (550 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (47 boys)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 boys)
Meir by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 26 | #2,820 |
| 1960s | 48 | #2,129 |
| 1970s | 150 | #2,068 |
| 1980s | 272 | #1,701 |
| 1990s | 455 | #1,567 |
| 2000s | 775 | #1,423 |
| 2010s | 1,492 | #1,044 |
| 2020s | 1,394 | #907 |
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Questions
- Is Meir a boy or girl name?
- Meir is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Meir were boys.
- How popular is the name Meir?
- 248 baby boys were named Meir in the US in 2025, making it the 948th most popular boy name.
- When was Meir most popular?
- Meir peaked in 2024, when 258 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #907 in 2024.
- How many people are named Meir?
- 4,612 babies have been named Meir in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,531 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Meir most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Meir was most common in New Jersey, at 1.9 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.