Boys' name · since 2023
Menua
Menua has 11 recorded births since 2023 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,884 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 2023
- 2020s
- peak decade
Menua is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 11 have been recorded since 2023.
Menua has 11 recorded births among boys since 2023, 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 2023 to 2024.
- #33,884 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 11 born since 2023
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Menua ranks #33,884 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 2023, peaking in the 2020s.
- #33,884 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 2023
- 2020s
- peak decade
Menua's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Menua's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Menua splits its recorded history at 2024: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2023 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Menua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2024.
11 total births across 2 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 6 births in a single year.
Menua by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Menua's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Menua births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (100% of all-time use).
Menua decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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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- California records the most Menuas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Menua: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~1 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, 2023–2024 (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 Menua 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.
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