Girls' name · since 2003
Meeya
Meeya has 168 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 168
- total births
- 2003–2018
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
168 girls have been named Meeya since 2003, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Meeya has 168 recorded births among girls since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 2003 to 2018.
- 168 total births
- 2003–2018 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 51% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Meeya's 168 recorded births place it above 70% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Meeya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Meeya's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Meeya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2018
- Peak year (2006)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2018.
168 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 18 births in a single year.
Meeya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Meeya's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Meeya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
83 births
- 2010s
2010s
85 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 85 births (51% of all-time use).
Meeya decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 83 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Meeya by state
Where Meeya concentrates geographically, total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.0% |
5 of 168 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.0% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- California records the most Meeyas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2003–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Meeya: Baby Name Since 2003 - 168 Births, Peak 2006." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/meeya. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Meeya 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 July 2026.
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