Metha — girls' name
149 babies named Metha in U.S. Social Security records since 1886, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Metha was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Metha in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Metha
The Social Security Administration has registered 149 babies named Metha between 1886 and 1949, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Metha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1949. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Metha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Metha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Metha 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 149 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.
Metha at a glance
Last recorded 1949Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Metha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1886
- Peak year (1920)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 64 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1949.
149 total births across 64 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 9 births in a single year.
Metha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 50 births that decade — 34% of Metha's all-time total
Metha decade highlights
- Peak decade 50 births
- Runner-up 40 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Metha's strongest decade
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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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, 1886–1949 (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.