Meir

maleStatistical record

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

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

Meir: Recorded every year since 1997, its highest recorded position is #1,029, and it stood at #1,517 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1029highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#1761
1998	#2074
1999	#2425
2000	#2142
2001	#1949
2002	#1799
2003	#1629
2004	#2304
2005	#2754
2006	#2087
2007	#2211
2008	#2507
2009	#2126
2010	#1407
2011	#1398
2012	#1589
2013	#1796
2014	#2248
2015	#2020
2016	#2175
2017	#1178
2018	#1610
2019	#1506
2020	#1273
2021	#1860
2022	#1029
2023	#1272
2024	#1517

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #1761 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1029 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1517 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Meir by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Meir in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	3 of 10	5
2000s	70	10 of 10	7
2010s	145	10 of 10	15
2020sbusiest	98	5 of 10	20

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 20 births a year.

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

Meir appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1029 in England and Wales in 2022.

Meir'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	male	#1517	17	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1272	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1029	28	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1273	20	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1506	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1178	23	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1796	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1589	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1398	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1407	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,029, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
28 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,517position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
28births registered in its largest year, 202225 to 49 births →

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

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Amaar · #1029, 28y
Ariane · #1031, 28y
Darshan · #1027, 28y
Llewellyn · #1027, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Amaar · #1029, 28y
Ariane · #1031, 28y
Darshan · #1027, 28y
Llewellyn · #1027, 29y

Meir 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 Meir without appearing here.

Meir moved ahead of

Ashleigh Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2754 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2087 and #4052.
Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2304 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2087 and #4052.
Barry Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2175 and #2027 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1178 and #3040.
Rodney Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2175 and #2175 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1178 and #2734.

Moved ahead of Meir

Cillian Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2304 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2754 and #1190.
Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1761 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2074 and #924.
Filip Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1629 and #1771 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2304 and #1160.
Cooper Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1761 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2074 and #1110.

Moved the opposite way to Meir

Brent Compare
Between 1997 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Meir went from #1761 to #1029 while Brent went from #725 to #3449.
Tor Compare
Between 1997 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Meir went from #1761 to #1029 while Tor went from #1578 to #3449.
Ole Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Meir went from #2074 to #1029 while Ole went from #2901 to #4789.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1029 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Meir

Meir at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Meir by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Meir at a glance

Meir by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Meir and the names beside it

Meir moved ahead of

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