Meaning not yet researched.
Meyer: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 97 in 2025. Its best rank was #301 in 1912.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #301 in 1912; #1,693 in 2025. About 92% of babies named Meyer in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,693 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1912, at #301.
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Meyer: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 97 boys in 2025. Peak: #301 in 1912 · most boys in one year: 214 (1917).
In 2025, 97 US boys were named Meyer, making it the 1,693rd most common boys’ name of the year, up 110 places from #1,803 in 2024. That is 6 more than the 91 boys named Meyer in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #301, reached in 1912. The most boys given the name in a single year was 214, in 1917. For comparison, it was #1,994 in 2015 and #2,086 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Meyer in 143 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 10 babies. In all, 5,612 US babies have been given the name, 3.7% of them girls and 96% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1910s, with 1,593 babies named Meyer.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 828 US boys were named Meyer; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 101. In 2025 that was about 1 in 17,609 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Meyer ranked highest in Illinois in 2025, at #846 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Meir (4,612 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Myer, Meher and Mehar are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Myer (1,119), Meher (881), Mehar (672), Mehr (310), Meer (259), Myeir (39), Myar (36), Meier (12), Myier (11).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Meyer in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 44 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 10 | #846 | — |
| New York | 16 | #875 | #1,435 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,369 | — |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,406 | — |
| Texas | 10 | #1,721 | #2,616 |
| Florida | 6 | #1,774 | — |
| California | 7 | #2,130 | #2,454 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,582 | 97 | #1,693 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,324 | 91 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,840 | 101 | #1,690 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,580 | 90 | #1,812 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,323 | 97 | #1,696 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,456 | 80 | #1,863 |
| 2019 | 6 | #14,983 | 62 | #2,252 |
| 2018 | 7 | #13,364 | 67 | #2,113 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,215 | 66 | #2,104 |
| 2016 | 21 | #6,121 | 77 | #1,915 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,293 | 73 | #1,994 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,364 | 64 | #2,149 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,643 | 62 | #2,157 |
| 2012 | 6 | #16,240 | 56 | #2,316 |
| 2011 | — | — | 33 | #3,345 |
| 2010 | — | — | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2009 | — | — | 46 | #2,688 |
| 2008 | — | — | 36 | #3,201 |
| 2007 | — | — | 39 | #3,006 |
| 2006 | — | — | 23 | #4,180 |
| 2005 | — | — | 33 | #3,144 |
| 2004 | — | — | 17 | #4,932 |
| 2003 | — | — | 22 | #3,923 |
| 2002 | — | — | 13 | #5,623 |
| 2001 | — | — | 19 | #4,233 |
| 2000 | — | — | 26 | #3,268 |
| 1999 | — | — | 22 | #3,550 |
| 1998 | — | — | 23 | #3,354 |
| 1997 | — | — | 8 | #7,054 |
| 1996 | — | — | 15 | #4,321 |
| 1995 | — | — | 20 | #3,398 |
| 1994 | — | — | 12 | #5,014 |
| 1993 | — | — | 22 | #3,112 |
| 1992 | — | — | 13 | #4,494 |
| 1991 | — | — | 8 | #6,324 |
| 1990 | — | — | 21 | #3,024 |
| 1989 | — | — | 14 | #3,947 |
| 1988 | — | — | 13 | #3,825 |
| 1987 | — | — | 13 | #3,663 |
| 1986 | — | — | 13 | #3,583 |
| 1985 | — | — | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1984 | — | — | 11 | #3,844 |
| 1983 | — | — | 10 | #4,050 |
| 1982 | — | — | 7 | #5,409 |
| 1981 | — | — | 5 | #6,930 |
| 1980 | — | — | 5 | #6,918 |
| 1979 | — | — | 11 | #3,729 |
| 1978 | — | — | 13 | #3,169 |
| 1977 | — | — | 10 | #3,758 |
| 1976 | — | — | 17 | #2,570 |
| 1975 | — | — | 16 | #2,603 |
| 1974 | — | — | 11 | #3,255 |
| 1973 | — | — | 22 | #1,963 |
| 1972 | — | — | 11 | #3,089 |
| 1971 | — | — | 8 | #3,845 |
| 1970 | — | — | 8 | #3,727 |
| 1969 | — | — | 6 | #4,251 |
| 1968 | — | — | 6 | #3,987 |
| 1967 | — | — | 10 | #2,717 |
| 1966 | — | — | 9 | #2,916 |
| 1965 | — | — | 6 | #3,799 |
| 1964 | — | — | 7 | #3,501 |
| 1963 | — | — | 12 | #2,496 |
| 1962 | — | — | 12 | #2,468 |
| 1961 | — | — | 11 | #2,649 |
| 1960 | — | — | 10 | #2,802 |
| 1959 | — | — | 20 | #1,844 |
| 1958 | — | — | 19 | #1,873 |
| 1957 | — | — | 14 | #2,250 |
| 1956 | — | — | 17 | #1,997 |
| 1955 | — | — | 16 | #2,023 |
| 1954 | — | — | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1953 | — | — | 11 | #2,489 |
| 1952 | — | — | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1951 | — | — | 16 | #1,952 |
| 1950 | — | — | 14 | #2,086 |
| 1949 | — | — | 12 | #2,300 |
| 1948 | — | — | 14 | #2,086 |
| 1947 | — | — | 19 | #1,768 |
| 1946 | — | — | 13 | #2,111 |
| 1945 | — | — | 17 | #1,675 |
| 1944 | — | — | 16 | #1,795 |
| 1943 | — | — | 9 | #2,676 |
| 1942 | — | — | 6 | #3,441 |
| 1941 | — | — | 20 | #1,571 |
| 1940 | — | — | 12 | #2,152 |
| 1939 | — | — | 6 | #3,361 |
| 1938 | — | — | 10 | #2,428 |
| 1937 | — | — | 20 | #1,566 |
| 1936 | — | — | 16 | #1,771 |
| 1935 | — | — | 16 | #1,809 |
| 1934 | — | — | 20 | #1,591 |
| 1933 | — | — | 24 | #1,394 |
| 1932 | — | — | 17 | #1,828 |
| 1931 | — | — | 33 | #1,211 |
| 1930 | — | — | 35 | #1,210 |
| 1929 | — | — | 57 | #882 |
| 1928 | — | — | 73 | #758 |
| 1927 | — | — | 75 | #760 |
| 1926 | — | — | 85 | #690 |
| 1925 | — | — | 87 | #694 |
| 1924 | — | — | 106 | #621 |
| 1923 | — | — | 128 | #544 |
| 1922 | — | — | 140 | #529 |
| 1921 | — | — | 150 | #506 |
| 1920 | — | — | 132 | #533 |
| 1919 | — | — | 172 | #447 |
| 1918 | — | — | 183 | #439 |
| 1917 | — | — | 214 | #385 |
| 1916 | — | — | 210 | #381 |
| 1915 | — | — | 203 | #377 |
| 1914 | — | — | 186 | #343 |
| 1913 | — | — | 167 | #311 |
| 1912 | — | — | 143 | #301 |
| 1911 | — | — | 63 | #346 |
| 1910 | — | — | 52 | #358 |
| 1909 | — | — | 35 | #424 |
| 1908 | — | — | 45 | #340 |
| 1907 | — | — | 31 | #414 |
| 1906 | — | — | 16 | #607 |
| 1905 | — | — | 22 | #489 |
| 1904 | — | — | 27 | #405 |
| 1903 | — | — | 20 | #481 |
| 1902 | — | — | 22 | #451 |
| 1901 | — | — | 15 | #523 |
| 1900 | — | — | 19 | #573 |
| 1899 | — | — | 6 | #1,010 |
| 1898 | — | — | 11 | #692 |
| 1897 | — | — | 12 | #633 |
| 1896 | — | — | 14 | #580 |
| 1895 | — | — | 12 | #632 |
| 1894 | — | — | 6 | #1,039 |
| 1893 | — | — | 10 | #690 |
| 1892 | — | — | 7 | #921 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,069 |
| 1890 | — | — | 7 | #854 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #1,059 |
| 1888 | — | — | 6 | #1,004 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #1,012 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #1,040 |
| 1883 | — | — | 6 | #858 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #1,044 |
| 1881 | — | — | 10 | #578 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).