Girls' name · since 2001
Meiah
181 babies named Meiah in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 181
- total births
- 2001–2020
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that decade
Meiah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 181 have been recorded since 2001.
Social Security Administration records show Meiah recorded 181 times among girls since 2001, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2020.
- 181 total births
- 2001–2020 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 60% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Meiah's 181 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.
Meiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Meiah's full recorded timeline at 2011, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Meiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2020
- Peak year (2012)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Meiah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Meiah's strongest decade.
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Meiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
66 births
- 2010s
2010s
108 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 108 births (60% of all-time use).
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- Meiah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (108 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 2001–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Meiah: Baby Name Since 2001 - 181 Births, Peak 2012." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/meiah. 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 Meiah 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.