Girls' name · since 1886
Metha
Metha has 149 recorded births since 1886 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1920 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,844 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 149
- born since 1886
- 1920s
- peak decade
Metha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 149 recorded since 1886.
Metha has 149 recorded births among girls since 1886, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1886 to 1949.
- #22,844 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 149 born since 1886
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Metha ranks #22,844 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 149 born since 1886, peaking in the 1920s.
- #22,844 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 149
- born since 1886
- 1920s
- peak decade
Metha's 149 recorded births place it above 68.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Metha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Metha splits its recorded history at 1916: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1900 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1920 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Metha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1886–1949
- Peak year (1920)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Metha by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (50 births, 34% of the file).
1920s was Metha's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Metha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 8
1880s
8 births
- 1890s
1890s
40 births
- 1900s 11
1900s
11 births
- 1910s 19
1910s
19 births
- 1920s
1920s
50 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 50 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Metha's decade-level peak was the 1920s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Metha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1886–1949 (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 Metha 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.