Meyer

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #1,688 for boys in 2025, 97 births
Given to boys 96.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#301
1912 · 143 births
Debut · boys
1881
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,404
since 1881

Meyer over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Meyer has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #301, 1912boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,9178#1,68897
2024#6,16719#1,79591
2023#6,68017#1,681101
2022#5,46523#1,80490
2021#8,02413#1,68897
2020#7,21215#1,84980
2019#13,7996#2,22862
2018#12,4647#2,10167
2017#6,04420#2,09166
2016#5,98521#1,90377
2015#8,00814#1,98373
2014#6,20720#2,13864
2013#6,46219#2,13962
2012#14,9626#2,29256
2011—#3,30633
2010—#3,12836
2009—#2,66346
2008—#3,16536
2007—#2,97439
2006—#4,10523
2005—#3,09133
2004—#4,79317
2003—#3,83822
2002—#5,39513
2001—#4,12119
2000—#3,21926
1999—#3,48022
1998—#3,29623
1997—#6,6188
1996—#4,18515
1995—#3,30320
1994—#4,80312
1993—#3,04222
1992—#4,32713
1991—#5,9428
1990—#2,95221
1989—#3,80914
1988—#3,70513
1987—#3,52113
1986—#3,44013
1985—#3,59912
1984—#3,70111
1983—#3,88410
1982—#5,0037
1981—#6,2625
1980—#6,2505
1979—#3,56911
1978—#3,07013
1977—#3,60610
1976—#2,50817
1975—#2,54016
1974—#3,12011
1973—#1,92822
1972—#2,99111
1971—#3,6588
1970—#3,5218
1969—#3,9356
1968—#3,6736
1967—#2,61110
1966—#2,7849
1965—#3,5376
1964—#3,2827
1963—#2,41412
1962—#2,36412
1961—#2,53811
1960—#2,68510
1959—#1,80620
1958—#1,83819
1957—#2,19014
1956—#1,94517
1955—#1,97916
1954—#3,4526
1953—#2,39111
1952—#1,85617
1951—#1,90416
1950—#2,01914
1949—#2,22512
1948—#2,02714
1947—#1,73319
1946—#2,03013
1945—#1,63317
1944—#1,73816
1943—#2,5639
1942—#3,2126
1941—#1,53220
1940—#2,08112
1939—#3,1136
1938—#2,32610
1937—#1,52820
1936—#1,72316
1935—#1,75716
1934—#1,55120
1933—#1,36124
1932—#1,77717
1931—#1,19433
1930—#1,19035
1929—#87857
1928—#75273
1927—#75475
1926—#68985
1925—#69087
1924—#619106
1923—#542128
1922—#526140
1921—#505150
1920—#533132
1919—#447172
1918—#437183
1917—#385214
1916—#381210
1915—#377203
1914—#342186
1913—#307167
1912—#301143
1911—#34463
1910—#35352
1909—#41935
1908—#33545
1907—#40531
1906—#59016
1905—#47722
1904—#40127
1903—#47020
1902—#44022
1901—#50615
1900—#55519
1899—#9286
1898—#66311
1897—#61512
1896—#55114
1895—#60912
1894—#9546
1893—#65010
1892—#8617
1891—#9635
1890—#8147
1889—#9745
1888—#9176
1887—#9215
1886——
1885—#9365
1884——
1883—#7996
1882—#9435
1881—#56310
1880——
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Meyer! It came in at #563, and was given to 10 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1884–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Meyer
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 107 spots since 2024 (#1,795 → #1,688)
  • 161 spots since 2020 (#1,849 → #1,688)
  • 295 spots since 2015 (#1,983 → #1,688)
  • Biggest jump: 373 spots in 1900 (#928 → #555)
  • Biggest drop: 380 spots in 1882 (#563 → #943)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1912 at #301 (143 births)
  • Births halved by 1929, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 47 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1887–1929
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,007
  • Highest: 1 in 3,007 boys born in 1912 were named Meyer (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 17,609 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 29.5% of all boys named Meyer (1,593) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s42#563 (1881)#865
1890s90#551 (1896)#761
1900s252#335 (1908)#460
1910s1,593#301 (1912)#367
1920s1,033#505 (1921)#649
1930s197#1,190 (1930)#1,752
1940s138#1,532 (1941)#2,077
1950s150#1,806 (1959)#2,138
1960s89#2,364 (1962)#2,982
1970s127#1,928 (1973)#3,051
1980s103#3,440 (1986)#4,317
1990s164#2,952 (1990)#4,195
2000s274#2,663 (2009)#3,736
2010s596#1,903 (2016)#2,331
2020s556#1,681 (2023)#1,751

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Meyer in 1930

boys
#1,190
35 births · 1 in 31,354 boys

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #1,190Meyer35
More about 1930

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 31,354 of them was named Meyer, which outranked 73.8% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Meyer
  1. #1,173Prentiss36
  2. #1,173Samual36
  3. #1,173Terrell36
  4. #1,190Meyer35
  5. #1,190Acie35
  6. #1,190Almon35
  7. #1,190Anselmo35
  8. #1,215Alvaro34
  9. #1,215Amado34
  10. #1,215Americo34

Tied with 24 names at #1,190; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,094Derl#3,959 → #865
  2. ↑ 420Clive#1,378 → #958
  3. ↑ 380Farris#1,272 → #892
  4. ↑ 368Earlie#1,296 → #928
  5. ↑ 357Winton#1,272 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 486Americo#729 → #1,215
  2. ↓ 433Enrico#995 → #1,428
  3. ↓ 371Eliseo#844 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 312Meyer#878 → #1,190
  5. ↓ 304Hilbert#869 → #1,173

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1930 →