Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Meryem

Gender

Female

Origin

Unknown

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #3831, 39 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4758, 28 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
202528
202430
202333
202233
202128
202023
201938
201834
201733
201629

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #1111, 31 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2277, 12 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202512
202423
202315
202216
202120
202013
201926
201831
201724
201631

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2015 (rank #271, 239 births); most recent 2023 (rank #367, 157 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023157
2022187
2021226
2020179
2019210
2018216
2017210
2016197
2015239
2014212

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #692, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
20254
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence