How Many People Are Named Meri?
people named Meri are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 159,563 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,502 babies named Meri in Social Security records from 1917 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
89 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Meri in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Meri alive today is about 53 years old, and 46% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 42 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Meri first appears in the records in 1917 and was given most often in 1961, to 89 babies. In 2025, 9 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1917 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Meri has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,160, in 1955. In 2025 it ranked #10,628.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,628 |
| Best rank | #1,160 (1955) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,395 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Meri alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Meri were born in California than in any other state: about 120 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Meri was given 3.4 times as often in California, 3 times in New York and 2.3 times in Michigan.
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