Girls' name · since 1978
Megha
Megha has 1,191 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,646 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,504 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,191
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Megha currently ranks #8504 among girls' names in America, with 1,191 babies recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Megha recorded 1,191 times among girls since 1978, holding rank #8504 nationally today, ahead of 51% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #6,646 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,504 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,191 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Megha ranks #6,646 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,504 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,191 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,646 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,504 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,191
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Megha's 1,191 recorded births place it above 90.81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Megha compares
1,191 Top 29% higher than 71% 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
Megha's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Megha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,191 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 75 | 21 | 19,840 |
Megha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Megha splits its recorded history at 2002: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 75 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Megha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 75
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Megha by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (426 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Megha's strongest decade.
426 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Megha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 150
1980s
150 births
- 1990s
1990s
288 births
- 2000s
2000s
426 births
- 2010s
2010s
213 births
- 2020s 108
2020s
108 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 426 births (36% of all-time use).
How Megha 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 Megha's total volume
Megha by state
Where Megha concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 128 | 10.7% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 89 | 7.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 34 | 2.9% |
| #4 | Texas | | 33 | 2.8% |
| #5 | New York | | 12 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Washington | | 5 | 0.4% |
128 of 1,191 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Megha's data
- Megha's decade-level peak was the 2000s (426 total births); usage has since declined to 108 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Meghas (128 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Megha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1978–2025 (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 Megha 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.