How Many People Are Named Meir?
people named Meir are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 75,582 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,612 babies named Meir in Social Security records from 1951 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
258 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "giving light" in Hebrew.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Meir in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Meir alive today is about 15 years old, and 85% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 21 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Meir first appears in the records in 1951 and was given most often in 2024, to 258 babies. In 2025, 248 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1951 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Meir has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #908, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #948.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #948 |
| Best rank | #908 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,217 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Meir alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Meir were born in New York than in any other state: about 2,426 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Meir was given 10.8 times as often in New Jersey and 10.3 times in New York.
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