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How popular is the name Myer?

Births per year, rank history and how many Myers are alive today.

Myer (male), a spelling of Meyer, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2017 (ranked 4812th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 1997, when 3 babies were given the name, the 2859th most popular that year.

Across all spellings of the name, the Meyer you are most likely to meet is around 5 years old - or else around 27: the name has two living generations. Half of all Meyers born in England and Wales are between 8 and 28, and there are at least 91 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Meyer - on average, only one in every 3,330 such rooms contains a Meyer.

How many babies are named Myer each year?

Includes all spellings: Myer, Meyer. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

01234200020201997: 31998: 42000: 32012: 42017: 32019: 32020: 42022: 4actual

Where does the Myer spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020001997: ranked 2,8592017: ranked 4,812

Where does the Meyer spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201998: ranked 2,4192000: ranked 3,0362012: ranked 3,9872019: ranked 4,7022020: ranked 3,8482022: ranked 4,002

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Myer per year in England and Wales, 1997 to 2022, peaking at about 4 in 1998
Myer: births per year in England and Wales, 1997-2022. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Myer most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Meyer, peaked in 1998, when 4 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Myer spelling itself peaked in 1997, with 3 babies.

How many people are called Myer?

At least 91 people named Myer in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Myer?

Most living Myers are between 8 and 28; the most common age is about 5. There is a second cluster around 27.

Is Myer becoming more or less popular?

It has faded from the rankings.






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