Meara
Meara was the 3091st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 53 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 2519th with 72 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 572 places. More babies were named Meara in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,091 girls, up 890 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 53girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201572 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,436babies recorded
Meara popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,091 | 53 |
| 2020 | #3,981 | 36 |
| 2010 | #5,203 | 27 |
| 2000 | #3,709 | 35 |
| 1990 | #7,667 | 11 |
| 1980 | #7,858 | 8 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
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| 1930 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Meara, counting every spelling?
Meara is the most common spelling of a name family that had 58 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 58 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meara | 53 | #3,091 | 183 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Meara?
53 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Meara (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Meara born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 158 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Meara.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Meara?
About 1,400 people born in the US named Meara are alive today, with a median age of 15; half are between 9 and 24. That makes Meara mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Meara by state
How common Meara was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Meara
How popular is the name Meara?
Meara was the 3091st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 53 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 2519th with 72 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 572 places. More babies were named Meara in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Meara a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Meara in the US.
Where is Meara most popular?
In 2021–2025, Meara was most common in Washington (0.04 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and California.