Meri
Girl · MEH-ree
Meri is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Meri mean?
Finnish meri 'sea'; also a form of Mary
In Finnish and Estonian meri means 'sea'; it is also used as a form of Mary.
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Is Meri a girl's or a boy's name?
Meri is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Meri 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 Meri, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1961, with 89 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the girls named Meri in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meri in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,930 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,612 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,805 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,897 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,147 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 32 | #2,724 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,837 |
| 1976 | 36 | #2,292 |
| 1975 | 33 | #2,411 |
| 1974 | 36 | #2,213 |
| 1973 | 47 | #1,805 |
| 1972 | 40 | #1,989 |
| 1971 | 44 | #1,937 |
| 1970 | 60 | #1,584 |
| 1969 | 45 | #1,835 |
| 1968 | 44 | #1,776 |
| 1967 | 59 | #1,441 |
| 1966 | 51 | #1,568 |
| 1965 | 62 | #1,394 |
| 1964 | 63 | #1,419 |
| 1963 | 77 | #1,250 |
| 1962 | 76 | #1,266 |
| 1961 | 89 | #1,167 |
| 1960 | 78 | #1,235 |
| 1959 | 74 | #1,243 |
| 1958 | 43 | #1,629 |
| 1957 | 51 | #1,490 |
| 1956 | 59 | #1,350 |
| 1955 | 74 | #1,156 |
| 1954 | 56 | #1,332 |
| 1953 | 62 | #1,224 |
| 1952 | 42 | #1,486 |
| 1951 | 38 | #1,527 |
| 1950 | 44 | #1,374 |
| 1949 | 46 | #1,352 |
| 1948 | 38 | #1,498 |
| 1947 | 42 | #1,437 |
| 1946 | 48 | #1,238 |
| 1945 | 31 | #1,449 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,915 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,833 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
Names like Meri
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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