Meiah — girls' name
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.
The verdict
181 girls have been named Meiah since 2001, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2020.
- 181
- total births
- 2001–2020
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that decade
60% of everyone ever named Meiah was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Meiah in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meiah
The Social Security Administration has registered 181 babies named Meiah between 2001 and 2020, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meiah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meiah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Meiah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meiah 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 181 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.
Meiah at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Meiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2001
- Peak year (2012)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
181 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 21 births in a single year.
Meiah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 108 births that decade — 60% of Meiah's all-time total
Meiah decade highlights
- Peak decade 108 births
- Runner-up 66 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Meiah's strongest decade
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
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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, 2001–2020 (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.