How rare is the name Meera?

4,723 people in the United States have the first name Meera, about 1 in 63,949. It ranks #4,090 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MEERA

#4,090

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,723
About
1 in 63,949
This common or more
83.5%
Who bears it

Of the 4,723 people named Meera, 80.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 8.8% as two or more races and 7.9% as White. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Meera peaked in 2025, when 246 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19652025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
246
In 2025*
246
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,259 babies have been given the name since 1965. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Meera by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,216. The largest share of babies named Meera, 59.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#11,35426
1970s#8,84689
1980s#5,923222
1990s#4,767424
2000s#4,231716
2010s#2,6061,561
2020s#2,2161,221
Generation X 1965–803.2%
Millennials 1981–9610.8%
Generation Z 1997–1226.8%
2013 and later59.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Meera is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Meera has been most common in New Jersey (3.5×), Washington (3.4×), and California (2.7×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.47×).

2,603 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Meera

1 other first name also has 4,723 people.

#4,090 Crosby · 4,723

Either side of Meera

#4,089 Konner · 4,725#4,090 Crosby · 4,723#4,092 Dallin · 4,719#4,093 Cailyn · 4,718

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Meera, most common first.

#10,695 Meira · 1,231#10,857 Meara · 1,207#15,409 Mera · 747#28,814 Meer · 310

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