Girls' name · since 1993
Medha
Medha has 933 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,880 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,688 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 933
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Medha currently ranks #6688 among girls' names in America, with 933 babies recorded since 1993.
Medha has 933 recorded births among girls since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6688 as of the latest data, more common than 61% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #7,880 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,688 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 933 born since 1993
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Medha ranks #7,880 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,688 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 933 born since 1993, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,880 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,688 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 933
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Medha's 933 recorded births place it above 89.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Medha compares
933 Top 33% higher than 67% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Medha's all-time total is 148% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Medha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 933 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 64 | 21 | 19,840 |
Medha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Medha splits its recorded history at 2009: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 64 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Medha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 64
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Medha by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (381 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Medha's strongest decade.
381 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Medha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 51
1990s
51 births
- 2000s
2000s
373 births
- 2010s
2010s
381 births
- 2020s 128
2020s
128 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 381 births (41% of all-time use).
How Medha compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Medha's total volume
Medha by state
Where Medha concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 175 | 18.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 37 | 4.0% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 27 | 2.9% |
| #4 | Virginia | | 17 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 11 | 1.2% |
| #6 | New York | | 5 | 0.5% |
175 of 933 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Medha's data
- Medha's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (381 total births) through the 2020s (128) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Medhas (175 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Medha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~32 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1993–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Medha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.