Girls' name · since 1979
Meya
833 babies named Meya in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,520 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,211 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 833
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
833 babies have been named Meya since 1979, making it today's #11211 girls' name.
Meya has 833 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11211 as of the latest data, more common than 35% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #8,520 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,211 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 833 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meya ranks #8,520 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,211 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 833 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,520 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,211 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 833
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Meya's 833 recorded births place it above 88.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Meya compares
833 Top 35% higher than 65% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Meya's all-time total is 122% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Meya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 833 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 62 | 21 | 19,840 |
Meya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Meya's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 62, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Meya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 62
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Meya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (409 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Meya's strongest decade.
409 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Meya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s 51
1990s
51 births
- 2000s
2000s
409 births
- 2010s
2010s
301 births
- 2020s 55
2020s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 409 births (49% of all-time use).
How Meya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Meya's total volume
Meya by state
Where Meya concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 39 | 4.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 25 | 3.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 21 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 11 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Florida | | 5 | 0.6% |
39 of 833 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Meya's data
- Meya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (409 total births); usage has since declined to 55 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Meyas (39 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 Meya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Meya 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.