Boy
Meyer
As a boy's name, Meyer traces back to Germanic, where it is understood to mean "Germanic/Yiddish". It peaked back in the 1910s and has been gradually easing since. In the current registry, it is a real rarity. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.
GermanicGermanic/Yiddish
EtymologyMeaning "farmer" or "steward"
Births by decade
1900s
252
1910s
1,593
1920s
1,033
1930s
197
1940s
138
1950s
150
1960s
89
1970s
127
1980s
103
1990s
164
2000s
274
2010s
565
Peaked in the 1910s · 4,685 total U.S. births since 1900