Meiko — #10237 US boys' name
135 babies named Meiko in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 28% of names given to boys today.
46% of everyone ever named Meiko was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Meiko in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meiko
The Social Security Administration has registered 135 babies named Meiko between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Meiko currently holds the #10237 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 18 babies received it in a single year. Meiko is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 112 additional births since 1971.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meiko performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Meiko shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meiko 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 135 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.
Meiko at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Meiko popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (2021)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #10237 among boys.
135 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 18 births in a single year.
Meiko popularity over time — girls
112 total births recorded since 1971 (Meiko as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Meiko accounts for 45% of total recorded use across both genders.
Meiko by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 62 births that decade — 46% of Meiko's all-time total
Meiko decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 55 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Meiko's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% 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, 1992–2024 (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.