Merav

Girls' name

From Hebrew מרב; literal meaning unconfirmed

Merav has been given to 23 babies in the U.S. since 1986. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1993, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Merav, 2015

1 in 740,000

Merav over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Merav: meaning, origin, and history

From Hebrew מרב; literal meaning unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Merav means

Merav is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Merav is used in English.

Merav comes through Hebrew מרב.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 23 girls were recorded with the name Merav between 1986 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1993; its best national rank was #10,218 in 1993.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Merav?

Merav had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2015, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2015: 1 in 740,000; 5 of 3,701,574 births
Among girls only: 1 in 357,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2015: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 513,148 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Merav sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2015 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 513,148 children born in 2015 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Merav. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Meravs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Merav was born before 1993 — so the typical Merav is around 32 today.

Median birth year: 1993; About 32 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 56.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 78.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 23; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 56.5% of all recorded uses (13).

Is Merav rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1993 (8)
Years since peak: 32; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #10,218; 1993

Spellings of Merav

Merav is not the most common spelling — Megan is, with 54.4% against Merav's <0.01%.

Megan54.4%440,065
Vera18.5%149,456
Myra7.9%63,916
Mara3.0%24,038
Mira1.9%15,096
Merle1.8%14,723
Mercy1.3%10,632
Merry1.3%10,369

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Merav around the world

Where Merav ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1995–2024
#4,592
in 2024

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Merav by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #10,218; 1993
Peak year: 1993; 8 that year
First recorded: 1986
Last recorded: 2015
All-time count: 23
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Merav

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Mervat Merab Meril Merli Merel Merta Mersana Merva Merola Merjem Merris Meritt Meraly Meridy Merlia Meral Mernie Merima Merrit Meredy Meris Meryn Mervin Merika

Sibling names for Merav

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Kaylene Jacquelynn Katlin Jessenia Brea Krysta Nikole Kalyn

For a brother

Rosendo Brandan Shaquille Tre Tylor Eloy Raheem Denton

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