Feminine dossier · first seen 1897

Meriam

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Meriam
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1923

Peak era

1923

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1897Peak 19232024

Peak year

1923

Decline from peak

71.4%

2024

All-time

1,391

Meriam is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1923, when 35 girls were named Meriam.

In 2024, only 10 girls were given the name.

Down 71.4% from its peak.

All told, about 1,391 Americans have been named Meriam and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1897.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1923

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