NameTides

Meyer

Meyer was the #1,688 boys' name in the US in 2025 (97 babies), and #2,527 in Canada.

Meyer as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Meyer as a boy’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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Meyer as a boy’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#1,688 (97)—#2,527 (7)
2024#1,795 (91)—#2,062 (9)
2023#1,681 (101)—#2,123 (8)
2022#1,804 (90)#4,002 (4)#2,810 (5)
2021#1,688 (97)—#2,061 (8)
2020#1,849 (80)#3,848 (4)#1,708 (10)
2019#2,228 (62)#4,702 (3)#2,189 (7)
2018#2,101 (67)—#2,740 (5)
2017#2,091 (66)—#2,439 (6)
2016#1,903 (77)—#2,428 (6)
2015#1,983 (73)——
2014#2,138 (64)—#2,133 (7)
2013#2,139 (62)——
2012#2,292 (56)#3,987 (4)—
2011#3,306 (33)—#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1912 at #301.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1881.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 2025, 8% of US babies named Meyer were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 18,000 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Meyer is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 18,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 16,000 to 1 in 20,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Meyer by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #805ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #844NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,998CAUtah: 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: #1,277NCSouth 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: #1,652TXFlorida: #1,625FL
Meyer (boys) 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
MeyerCanadaBoys#2,5277
MeyerEngland & WalesBoys—too few
MeyerNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MeyerUSGirls#10,9178
MeyerUSBoys#1,68897