Girls' name · since 1988
Meha
178 babies named Meha in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 178
- total births
- 1988–2015
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
Meha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 178 have been recorded since 1988.
Social Security Administration records show Meha recorded 178 times among girls since 1988, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, 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 1988 to 2015.
- 178 total births
- 1988–2015 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 49% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Meha's 178 recorded births place it above 71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Meha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Meha's full recorded timeline at 2005, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Meha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2015
- Peak year (2003)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2015.
178 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 15 births in a single year.
Meha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Meha's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Meha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
37 births
- 2000s
2000s
87 births
- 2010s
2010s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 87 births (49% of all-time use).
Meha decade highlights
- Peak decade 87 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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- Meha's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (87 total births) through the 2010s (49) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1988–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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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 Meha 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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