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Meyer

#1,693 in 2025Boys' name

Leaseholder of a manor

Meyer has been given to 5,612 babies in the U.S. since 1881. In 2025 it ranked #1,693 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1917, with 214 recorded.

Babies named Meyer, 2025

1 in 34,200

Meyer over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Meyer: meaning, origin, and history

Leaseholder of a manor

Hebrew

What Meyer means

Meyer means “leaseholder of a manor”, associated with Meier.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

* As a German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Meier (“leaseholder of a manor”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Meyer (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Meyer is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Meyer comes through Yiddish מאיר.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Meir.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Meyer is pronounced /ˈmaɪə(ɹ)/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,404 boys were recorded with the name Meyer between 1881 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 214 in 1917; its best national rank was #301 in 1912.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,863 in 2020 to #1,693 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,994 in 2015 to #1,693 in 2025.

In the United States, 208 girls were recorded with the name Meyer between 2012 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 23 in 2022; its best national rank was #5,577 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,451 in 2020 to #11,578 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,289 in 2015 to #11,578 in 2025.

How common is Meyer?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 34,200
97 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 17,600
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,693
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
23,691 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Meyer sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 23,691 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Meyer. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Meyers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Meyer was born before 1925 — so the typical Meyer is around 100 today.

Median birth year
1925
About 100 years old
Biggest decade
1910s
29.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
25.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,059
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1910s — 29.5% of all recorded uses (1,593).

Is Meyer 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
+110
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+170
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+301
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.33×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
45.3%
Peak was 1917 (214)
Years since peak
108
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#301
1912

Spellings of Meyer

Meyer is not the most common spelling — Peter is, with 92.3% against Meyer's 0.85%.

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.

Where Meyer is used

Across 2016–2025, Meyer was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 5,882 boys, against 1 in 22,886 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 100,000).

117 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 5,882
  2. 2Iowa1 in 12,500
  3. 3Illinois1 in 16,667
  4. 4Nebraska1 in 16,667
  5. 5New Jersey1 in 20,000
  6. 6California1 in 25,000
  7. 7Kansas1 in 25,000
  8. 8Missouri1 in 25,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Meyer around the world

Where Meyer 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.

  • England & Wales
    1998–2022
    #4,002
    in 2022
  • France
    1925–2021
    #6,708
    in 2021
  • Canada
    2011–2024
    #2,134
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1962–1962
    #548
    in 1962

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Meyer

People whose public names include Meyer, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Meyer in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Meyer. Linked forms have their own page here.

MyerMeier

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Meyer by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,693
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 170
Best rank ever
#301
1912
Peak year
1917
214 that year
First recorded
1881
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,404
Count in 2025
97

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#11,578
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,127
Best rank ever
#5,577
2022
Peak year
2022
23 that year
First recorded
2012
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
208
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Meyer

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

BryerMayerThayerMyerSayerRoyerSawyerLawyerBreyerRyerMeyersGrayerSyerXavyerMeysonDyerCoyerPrayerYerGreyerBoyerMoyerMeylanEnyer

Names with a curve like Meyer

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Meyer, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

SolIsidoreIsadoreCasimirHymanSigmundAbeOswaldAloysiusIgnatiusSylvanGustav

Sibling names for Meyer

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

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