Meri Popularity by Year
Follow Meri across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Meri birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 9 | #10,107 | Down 2,140 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 13 | #7,967 | Up 88 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 13 | #8,055 | Up 4,188 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 7 | #12,243 | Down 4,613 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 14 | #7,630 | Up 3,460 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 8 | #11,090 | Down 1,354 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 10 | #9,736 | Down 585 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 11 | #9,151 | Up 6,751 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 5 | #15,902 | Down 7,509 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 13 | #8,393 | Up 3,442 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 8 | #11,835 | Up 96 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 8 | #11,931 | Up 1,219 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 7 | #13,150 | Down 5,694 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 16 | #7,456 | Up 4,697 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 8 | #12,153 | Up 4,839 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 5 | #16,992 | Down 3,288 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 7 | #13,704 | Up 128 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 7 | #13,832 | Down 5,312 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 14 | #8,520 | Up 2,091 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 10 | #10,611 | Down 2,720 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 14 | #7,891 | Down 500 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 15 | #7,391 | Up 1,657 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 11 | #9,048 | Down 2,656 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 17 | #6,392 | Up 925 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 14 | #7,317 | Down 2,526 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 24 | #4,791 | Up 4,014 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 10 | #8,805 | Down 2,732 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 16 | #6,073 | Up 410 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 14 | #6,483 | Up 3,098 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 8 | #9,581 | Down 5,364 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 24 | #4,217 | Up 2,880 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 12 | #7,097 | Up 401 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 11 | #7,498 | Down 2,649 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 20 | #4,849 | Down 913 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 26 | #3,936 | Up 1,613 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 16 | #5,549 | Down 4 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 15 | #5,545 | Up 53 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 14 | #5,598 | Up 737 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 11 | #6,335 | Down 1,988 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 18 | #4,347 | Up 288 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 16 | #4,635 | Down 1,022 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 22 | #3,613 | Up 193 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 20 | #3,806 | Up 92 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 20 | #3,898 | Down 751 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 27 | #3,147 | Up 1,180 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 17 | #4,327 | Down 1,603 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 32 | #2,724 | Up 559 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 23 | #3,283 | Down 445 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 28 | #2,838 | Down 546 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 36 | #2,292 | Up 119 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 33 | #2,411 | Down 198 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 36 | #2,213 | Down 408 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 47 | #1,805 | Up 184 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 40 | #1,989 | Down 52 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 44 | #1,937 | Down 353 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 60 | #1,584 | Up 251 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 45 | #1,835 | Down 59 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 44 | #1,776 | Down 335 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 59 | #1,441 | Up 127 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 51 | #1,568 | Down 174 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 62 | #1,394 | Up 25 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 63 | #1,419 | Down 169 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 77 | #1,250 | Up 16 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 76 | #1,266 | Down 98 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 89 | #1,168 | Up 68 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 78 | #1,236 | Up 8 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 74 | #1,244 | Up 386 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 43 | #1,630 | Down 139 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 51 | #1,491 | Down 140 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 59 | #1,351 | Down 194 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 74 | #1,157 | Up 176 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 56 | #1,333 | Down 108 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 62 | #1,225 | Up 262 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 42 | #1,487 | Up 41 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 38 | #1,528 | Down 153 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 44 | #1,375 | Down 22 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 46 | #1,353 | Up 146 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 38 | #1,499 | Down 61 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 42 | #1,438 | Down 199 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 48 | #1,239 | Up 211 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 31 | #1,450 | Up 466 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 20 | #1,916 | Down 82 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 22 | #1,834 | Up 1,360 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 9 | #3,194 | Down 164 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 9 | #3,030 | Up 1,225 places |
| 1937 | Girls | 5 | #4,255 | Up 31 places |
| 1934 | Girls | 5 | #4,286 | Up 125 places |
| 1932 | Girls | 5 | #4,411 | Down 409 places |
| 1924 | Girls | 7 | #4,002 | Up 374 places |
| 1923 | Girls | 6 | #4,376 | Down 419 places |
| 1920 | Girls | 7 | #3,957 | Up 294 places |
| 1919 | Girls | 6 | #4,251 | Up 343 places |
| 1917 | Girls | 5 | #4,594 | — |