Meeya — girls' name
168 babies named Meeya in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
168 girls have been named Meeya since 2003, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2018.
- 168
- total births
- 2003–2018
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
51% of everyone ever named Meeya was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Meeya in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meeya
The Social Security Administration has registered 168 babies named Meeya between 2003 and 2018, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meeya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meeya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Meeya shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Meeya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meeya 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 168 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.
Meeya at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Meeya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2003
- 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
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 85 births that decade — 51% of Meeya's all-time total
Meeya decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 83 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Meeya's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
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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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, 2003–2018 (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.