Unisex name · since 1992
Meiko
Since 1992, U.S. Social Security records show 135 babies named Meiko, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,471 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 135
- born since 1992
- 2020s
- peak decade
Meiko sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 135 recorded since 1992.
Meiko has 135 recorded births among boys since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2024.
- #15,471 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 135 born since 1992
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meiko ranks #15,471 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 135 born since 1992, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,471 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 135
- born since 1992
- 2020s
- peak decade
Meiko's 135 recorded births place it above 65.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Meiko's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Meiko's full recorded timeline at 2016, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Meiko popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2024
- Peak year (2021)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Meiko popularity over time - girls
112 total births recorded since 1971 (Meiko as girls' name)
Meiko by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (62 births, 46% of the file).
2020s was Meiko's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Meiko births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
55 births
- 2020s
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 62 births (46% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Meiko: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1992–2024 (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 Meiko 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.