Merab
Girl · MEER-ab · Hebrew
Merab is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “increase, abundance”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Merab mean?
Hebrew: biblical name
“increase, abundance”
In the Bible Merab is King Saul's elder daughter, first promised in marriage to David.
- Say it
- MEER-ab
Is Merab a girl's or a boy's name?
Merab is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Merab in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Merab, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 22 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Merab than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Merab in the UK since 1996 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Merab in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,497 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
How popular is Merab in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Merab, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Merab in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Merab in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
Names like Merab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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