Meyer
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #1,688 for boys
Meyer is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “leaseholder of a manor”. In 2025 it ranked 1,688th for boys in the US (97 babies).
What does Meyer mean?
Hebrew
“leaseholder of a manor”
A male given name from Hebrew, of Jewish usage, an alternative form of Meir.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Meyer a girl's or a boy's name?
Meyer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 97 boys in the US.
How popular is Meyer in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 4 boys.
Meyer in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
How popular is Meyer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,688th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 97 about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 97 boys in the US were named Meyer, making it the 1,688th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,849th. Its busiest year was 1917, with 214 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881. 8 girls were also named Meyer in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Meyer in the US since 1880 were born between 1916 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8% of the babies named Meyer in the US were girls.
Meyer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 97 | #1,688 |
| 2024 | 91 | #1,795 |
| 2023 | 101 | #1,681 |
| 2022 | 90 | #1,804 |
| 2021 | 97 | #1,688 |
| 2020 | 80 | #1,849 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,227 |
| 2018 | 67 | #2,100 |
| 2017 | 66 | #2,090 |
| 2016 | 77 | #1,903 |
| 2015 | 73 | #1,983 |
| 2014 | 64 | #2,137 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,138 |
| 2012 | 56 | #2,291 |
| 2011 | 33 | #3,305 |
| 2010 | 36 | #3,127 |
| 2009 | 46 | #2,662 |
| 2008 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 2007 | 39 | #2,972 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,087 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,507 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 22 | #1,927 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 20 | #1,805 |
| 1958 | 19 | #1,837 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,189 |
| 1956 | 17 | #1,944 |
| 1955 | 16 | #1,978 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 11 | #2,390 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,855 |
| 1951 | 16 | #1,903 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,018 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,224 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,026 |
| 1947 | 19 | #1,732 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1945 | 17 | #1,632 |
| 1944 | 16 | #1,737 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,532 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,081 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,528 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,723 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,757 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,551 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,361 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,777 |
| 1931 | 33 | #1,194 |
| 1930 | 35 | #1,190 |
| 1929 | 57 | #878 |
| 1928 | 73 | #752 |
| 1927 | 75 | #754 |
| 1926 | 85 | #689 |
| 1925 | 87 | #690 |
| 1924 | 106 | #619 |
| 1923 | 128 | #542 |
| 1922 | 140 | #526 |
| 1921 | 150 | #505 |
| 1920 | 132 | #533 |
| 1919 | 172 | #447 |
| 1918 | 183 | #437 |
| 1917 | 214 | #385 |
| 1916 | 210 | #381 |
| 1915 | 203 | #377 |
| 1914 | 186 | #342 |
| 1913 | 167 | #307 |
| 1912 | 143 | #301 |
| 1911 | 63 | #344 |
| 1910 | 52 | #353 |
| 1909 | 35 | #419 |
| 1908 | 45 | #335 |
| 1907 | 31 | #405 |
| 1906 | 16 | #590 |
| 1905 | 22 | #477 |
| 1904 | 27 | #401 |
| 1903 | 20 | #470 |
| 1902 | 22 | #440 |
| 1901 | 15 | #506 |
| 1900 | 19 | #555 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 11 | #662 |
| 1897 | 12 | #615 |
| 1896 | 14 | #551 |
| 1895 | 12 | #609 |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 10 | #650 |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 7 | #814 |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
| 1881 | 10 | #563 |
Names like Meyer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Reuben, Ezra, Milo, Ellis, Jasper, Arthur, Rupert, Casper, Leo, Oscar, Henry, Archie
Names related to Meyer
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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, “Meyer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meyer, updated 20 October 2026.