NameTides

Meera

Meera was the #1,016 girls' name in the US in 2025 (246 babies), and #997 in England & Wales and #466 in Canada.

Meera as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Meera as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Meera as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,016 (246)#997 (34)——#466 (66)
2024#1,103 (222)#1,036 (33)——#457 (66)
2023#1,255 (183)#921 (38)——#478 (61)
2022#1,269 (189)#940 (37)——#615 (46)
2021#1,162 (210)#1,224 (27)——#690 (42)
2020#1,294 (171)#1,013 (33)——#728 (39)
2019#1,145 (210)#1,218 (27)——#770 (37)
2018#1,223 (191)#886 (42)——#599 (50)
2017#1,291 (182)#1,105 (31)——#949 (28)
2016#1,232 (198)#1,086 (32)——#675 (44)
2015#1,293 (186)#1,168 (29)—#896 (3)#805 (34)
2014#1,345 (174)#1,005 (36)——#1,151 (22)
2013#1,435 (157)#1,018 (35)——#822 (33)
2012#2,286 (82)#1,720 (17)——#1,350 (18)
2011#2,326 (80)#1,545 (19)——#1,244 (19)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,016.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1965.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,500 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 6,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Meera is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,400 to 1 in 8,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Meera by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #478WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #797ILMichigan: #638MINew York: #980NYMassachusetts: #375MAOregon: 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: #1,134OHPennsylvania: #813PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #675CAUtah: 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: #1,037VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth 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: #796GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #917TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Meera (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#44228

Meera (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MeeraCanadaGirls#46666
MeeraEngland & WalesGirls#99734
MeeraIrelandGirls—too few
MeeraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MeeraScotlandGirls—too few
MeeraUSGirls#1,016246