Meriem
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mehr-YEM
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
Meriem is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies).
What does Meriem mean?
Hebrew: North African and Turkish form of Maryam (Mary)
Maryam, mother of Jesus, is the only woman named in the Qur'an, which has a surah named after her.
Is Meriem a girl's or a boy's name?
Meriem is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Meriem in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Meriem, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 16 girls.
2025 had more girls named Meriem than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Meriem in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Meriem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,941 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Meriem in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the girls named Meriem in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meriem in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
Names like Meriem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maisie, Ava, Isla, Mia, Mila, Maryam, Maddie, Myla, Millie, Isabelle, Isabella, Lily
Names related to Meriem
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Meriem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meriem, updated 20 October 2026.