Girls' name · since 2007

Meiya

Meiya has 61 recorded births since 2007 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

61
total births
2007–2017
years on record
2010s
peak decade
79%
born in that decade

Meiya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 61 recorded since 2007.

Meiya has 61 recorded births among girls since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2017.

  • 61 total births
  • 2007–2017 years on record
  • 2010s peak decade
  • 79% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Meiya's 61 recorded births place it above 55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Meiya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Meiya's full recorded timeline at 2013, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Meiya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2017

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2010)
10
Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
4681012 2007200820102011201220132014201520162017 6

Meiya by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

2010s was Meiya's strongest decade.

48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.

Meiya births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 48 births (79% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Meiya?
61 babies have been named Meiya since 2007. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2010 with 10 births.
When was Meiya most popular?
Meiya was most popular in the 2010s decade with 48 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
How long has the name Meiya been used?
Meiya has been recorded in Social Security data since 2007, spanning 11 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Meiya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Meilani, Mei, Meira, Meisha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2007–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac. "Meiya: Baby Name Since 2007 - 61 Births, Peak 2010." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/meiya. 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 Meiya 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.