Meah — #7691 US girls' name
1,613 babies named Meah in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 56% of names given to girls today.
46% of everyone ever named Meah was born in this single decade.
122 babies were named Meah in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meah
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,613 babies named Meah between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meah currently holds the #7691 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 122 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 749 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Meah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 134 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Meah in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,613 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Meah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Meah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2006)
- 122
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #7691 among girls.
1,613 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 122 births in a single year.
Meah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 749 births that decade — 46% of Meah's all-time total
Meah decade highlights
- Peak decade 749 births
- Runner-up 640 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Meah's strongest decade
749 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Meah by state
Where Meah concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 134 | 8.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 91 | 5.6% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 41 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 40 | 2.5% |
| #5 | Florida | | 30 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 27 | 1.7% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 16 | 1.0% |
| #8 | New York | | 16 | 1.0% |
134 of 1,613 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.3% of nationwide
- Texas 5.6% of nationwide
- Michigan 2.5% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.5% of nationwide
- Florida 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 20 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Meah appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.