NameTides

Meara

Meara was the #3,067 girls' name in the US in 2025 (53 babies), and #3,044 in Canada.

Meara as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Meara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandCanadaUS
Meara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#3,067 (53)—#334 (4)—#3,044 (6)
2024#4,207 (34)——#898 (3)#3,383 (5)
2023#5,390 (23)—#328 (4)#856 (3)—
2022#3,827 (39)———#2,835 (6)
2021#4,167 (34)———#3,280 (5)
2020#3,915 (36)—#397 (3)——
2019#3,172 (50)#4,686 (4)—#716 (4)#3,266 (5)
2018#2,677 (64)#5,666 (3)——#1,440 (16)
2017#2,835 (59)———#2,876 (6)
2016#3,139 (52)———#1,785 (12)
2015#2,501 (72)——#751 (4)#1,757 (12)
2014#2,648 (66)———#2,905 (6)
2013#2,769 (62)———#2,376 (8)
2012#3,134 (53)————
2011#4,151 (35)———#2,899 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #2,501.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1973.

How common is it?

about 1 in 30,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Meara is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 36,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 19,000 to 1 in 69,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Meara by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #3,095CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Meara (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MearaCanadaGirls#3,0446
MearaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
MearaIrelandGirls—too few
MearaNorthern IrelandGirls#3344
MearaUSGirls#3,06753