Girls' name · since 1991
Meital
129 babies named Meital in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,331 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 129
- born since 1991
- 2010s
- peak decade
Meital is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 129 have been recorded since 1991.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meital has been recorded 129 times among girls since 1991, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2024.
- #24,331 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 129 born since 1991
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meital ranks #24,331 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 129 born since 1991, peaking in the 2010s.
- #24,331 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 129
- born since 1991
- 2010s
- peak decade
Meital's 129 recorded births place it above 66.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Meital's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Meital's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2010 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Meital popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2024
- Peak year (2010)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Meital by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (56 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Meital's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Meital births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
33 births
- 2010s
2010s
56 births
- 2020s
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 56 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Meital's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (56 total births) through the 2020s (24) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Meital: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1991–2024 (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 Meital 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.