Meriem

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Meriem: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Meriem: Recorded since 1996, it reached #910 in 2010, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#910highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#3824
2000	#2416
2001	#2226
2002	#3409
2004	#2278
2005	#3382
2006	#2320
2007	#2410
2008	#2292
2009	#2019
2010	#3533
2011	#2636
2012	#3285
2013	#2649
2014	#2659
2015	#3252
2016	#1834
2017	#2090
2018	#3985
2019	#2869
2020	#4535
2021	#3961
2022	#5669
2023	#4056
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2010: #910 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3533 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Meriem by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Meriem in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000s	70	9 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	89	10 of 10	9
2020s	22	5 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Meriem appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #910 in Republic of Ireland in 2010.

Meriem's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1834	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2019	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #910, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 14 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Merissa · #534, 12y
Merlin · #786, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Elvie · #910, 25y
Riana · #910, 29y
Teah · #910, 22y
Zina · #910, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Avaani · #910, 20y
Keelie · #910, 19y
Olympia · #910, 28y
Riana · #910, 29y

Meriem was ranked #910 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2010. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Meriem and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Meriem without appearing here.

Meriem moved ahead of

Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1834 and #5785.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #5691.
Kristy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #4684.
Kerry Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1834 and #3609.

Moved ahead of Meriem

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2090 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #1436.
Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2843.
Noah Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2090 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #2499.

Moved the opposite way to Meriem

Frida Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meriem went from #2416 to #4192 while Frida went from #3912 to #811.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meriem went from #2226 to #4192 while Harper went from #3262 to #22.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meriem went from #2278 to #4192 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.
Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meriem went from #2649 to #4192 while Fiadh went from #5742 to #374.

Moved the same way as Meriem

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meriem went from #2416 to #4192 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #910 in Republic of Ireland in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Meriem

Meriem at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Meriem by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Meriem appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Meriem at a glance

Meriem by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Meriem appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Meriem

Meriem and the names beside it

Meriem moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Meriem

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