NameTides

Meher

Meher was the #2,691 girls' name in the US in 2025 (64 babies), and #1,079 in England & Wales and #966 in Canada.

Meher as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Meher as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Meher as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, 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 & WalesCanada
2025#2,691 (64)#1,079 (31)#966 (28)
2024#3,822 (39)#1,198 (28)#809 (36)
2023#3,047 (54)#1,371 (23)#1,080 (23)
2022#3,313 (48)#1,849 (15)#1,095 (23)
2021#2,674 (64)#1,351 (23)#859 (33)
2020#3,141 (50)#2,042 (13)#761 (37)
2019#3,388 (46)#1,703 (17)#1,104 (23)
2018#3,559 (43)#1,788 (16)#1,507 (15)
2017#4,384 (32)#1,568 (20)#2,041 (10)
2016#4,632 (30)#1,749 (17)#2,040 (10)
2015#4,069 (36)#1,865 (15)#1,659 (13)
2014#4,269 (34)#1,501 (20)#1,279 (19)
2013#4,645 (30)#1,707 (17)#1,913 (11)
2012#5,253 (26)#2,969 (8)—
2011#6,148 (21)#1,903 (14)#1,761 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #2,691.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1993.

How common is it?

about 1 in 25,000 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 25,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 8,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Meher is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 32,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 20,000 to 1 in 52,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Meher by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: 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: #1,526NYMassachusetts: 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: #939NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,361CAUtah: 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: #2,210TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Meher (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#67518

Meher (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
MeherCanadaGirls#96628
MeherEngland & WalesGirls#1,07931
MeherEngland & WalesBoys—too few
MeherNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MeherUSGirls#2,69164
MeherUSBoys—too few