Names / Girl names
Meira
Current rank
#2,046
holding steady
All-time peak
#2,046
in 2025
First recorded
1973
in U.S. data
Children named
1,600
since 1973
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #2,046 in 2025 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Giving light. It enters U.S. records in American naming data in 1973. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Over 1,600 have carried it since records began.