Meribah
Massah and Meribah are place names found in the Hebrew Bible. The Israelites are said to have travelled through Massah and Meribah during the Exodus, although the continuous list of visited stations in Numbers 33 does not mention this. It is debated whether Massah and Meribah were two names for the same place.
Meaning & Origin of Meribah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Massah and Meribah are place names found in the Hebrew Bible. The Israelites are said to have travelled through Massah and Meribah during the Exodus, although the continuous list of visited stations in Numbers 33 does not mention this. It is debated whether Massah and Meribah were two names for the same place.
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The Story of Meribah
Meribah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1918, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1918, when 6 Meribahs were born — ranking #4,291 that year. As of 2026, Meribah ranks #4,291 for baby girls with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 6 Meribahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Meribah
Meribah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1918 and has accumulated 6 births in the dataset. Meribah's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #4,291. Use the chart and map above to compare Meribah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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