Menua — #12139 US boys' name
11 babies named Menua in U.S. Social Security records since 2023, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 15% of names given to boys today.
100% of everyone ever named Menua was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Menua in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Menua
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Menua between 2023 and 2024, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Menua currently holds the #12139 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Menua performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Menua in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Menua 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 11 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.
Menua at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Menua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2023
- Peak year (2024)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 2 years of records
Currently ranks #12139 among boys.
11 total births across 2 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 6 births in a single year.
Menua by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 11 births that decade — 100% of Menua's all-time total
Menua decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Menua's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Menua by state
Where Menua concentrates geographically — total births since 2023
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 54.5% |
6 of 11 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 54.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 54.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 2023–2024 (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.