Meron

maleStatistical record

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

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

Meron: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #2,859, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2859highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2014

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3225
2003	#4373
2005	#3382
2009	#5556
2010	#5707
2012	#4838
2014	#5691

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 boys in England and Wales in 10 of the 28 years 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 #2859 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: #2859 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Meron appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 10 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 34 births with the name.

Meron across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Meron's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2859 (1997)	#2859 (1997)	#4270 (2024)	10 of 28	34 (1997–2024)	4 (2011)
England and Wales · Girls	#3225 (1999)	#3225 (1999)	#5691 (2014)	7 of 16	25 (1999–2014)	5 (2005)

Meron 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 Meron in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	6	2 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	18	5 of 10	4
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Meron 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: #2859 in England and Wales in 1997.

Meron'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	#4270	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	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 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,859, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 5 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

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 →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,270position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
1registrars publishing it in more than one category listIn one registrar's lists →
5births registered in its largest year, 2005Under 25 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

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Merlin · #786, 29y
Merrick · #1761, 17y
Merryn · #809, 29y

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.

Heera · #2859, 11y
Nabhan · #2859, 10y
Toren · #2859, 13y
Zaryab · #2859, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Heera · #2859, 11y
Nabhan · #2859, 10y
Toren · #2859, 13y
Zaryab · #2859, 14y

Meron 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 Meron without appearing here.

Meron moved ahead of

Espen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4608 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4608 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4608 and #2404 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4608 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Meron

Frida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3225 and #3900 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #2727.

Moved the opposite way to Meron

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Meron went from #2859 to #4270 while Albie went from #914 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Meron went from #2859 to #4270 while Alfie went from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Meron went from #2859 to #4270 while Alfred went from #192 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Meron went from #2859 to #4270 while Archie went from #141 to #10.

Moved the same way as Meron

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Meron went from #2859 to #4270 and Aaron from #32 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Meron went from #2859 to #4270 and Adam from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Meron went from #2859 to #4270 and Alan from #179 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Meron went from #2859 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2859 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Meron

Meron at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Meron across 2 official records

Meron by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Meron appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Meron and the names beside it

Meron moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Meron

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Moved the same way as Meron

Meron at a glance

Meron across 2 official records

Meron by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Meron appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Meron and the names beside it

Meron moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Meron

Moved the opposite way to Meron

Moved the same way as Meron