Meryem

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Meryem: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #718, reached in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#718highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1646
1997	#2411
1998	#1979
1999	#2444
2000	#1995
2001	#1728
2002	#1658
2003	#2191
2004	#1312
2005	#1406
2006	#1748
2007	#1741
2008	#2292
2009	#2148
2010	#1584
2011	#1489
2012	#1809
2013	#1433
2014	#1456
2015	#1324
2016	#1112
2017	#1371
2018	#1111
2019	#1252
2020	#2042
2021	#1505
2022	#1767
2023	#1863
2024	#1406

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1646 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 #1406 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Meryem 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 Meryem in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	30	4 of 10	8
2000s	118	10 of 10	12
2010sbusiest	234	10 of 10	23
2020s	87	5 of 10	17

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 23 births a year.

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

Meryem 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 2025. Highest recorded position: #718 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Meryem'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	#1406	23	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1863	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1767	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1505	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1252	26	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1111	31	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1371	24	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1112	31	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1324	25	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1456	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1433	22	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1809	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1489	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1584	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1741	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1406	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1312	17	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1646	10	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	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 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #718, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 31 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2025, and 29 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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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.

Dallas · #718, 29y
Farida · #718, 30y
Haneen · #718, 30y
Heaven · #718, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Arbaaz · #718, 20y
Dallas · #718, 29y
Farida · #718, 30y
Haneen · #718, 30y

Meryem was ranked #718 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2025. 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.

Meryem 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 Meryem without appearing here.

Meryem moved ahead of

Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1809 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1433 and #4739.
Jordan Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2148 and #1837 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1584 and #4012.
Tracy Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2148 and #2148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1584 and #4012.
Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1863 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1406 and #3695.

Moved ahead of Meryem

Riley Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1646 and #1755 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #2411 and #1450.
Audrey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1646 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #2411 and #1666.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1252 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2042 and #1313.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1728 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1658 and #938.

Moved the same way as Meryem

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meryem went from #2411 to #1406 and Blake from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meryem went from #2411 to #1406 and Ezra from #3824 to #1302.
Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meryem went from #2444 to #1406 and Frida from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meryem went from #2444 to #1406 and Meabh from #3225 to #952.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #718 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Meryem

Meryem at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Meryem by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Meryem at a glance

Meryem by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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