Meda
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #13,793
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 19 births
- Debut · girls
- 19 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,882since 1880
Meda over time
Rank among girls' names. Meda has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 |
| 1954 | #2,378 | 21 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | #2,502 | 18 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 |
| 1948 | #2,070 | 22 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 |
| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 |
| 1941 | #1,610 | 24 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 |
| 1936 | #1,445 | 26 |
| 1935 | #1,663 | 21 |
| 1934 | #1,834 | 18 |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 |
| 1932 | #1,568 | 24 |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1930 | #1,569 | 25 |
| 1929 | #1,555 | 25 |
| 1928 | #1,837 | 21 |
| 1927 | #1,587 | 27 |
| 1926 | #1,388 | 33 |
| 1925 | #1,376 | 34 |
| 1924 | #1,301 | 38 |
| 1923 | #1,556 | 28 |
| 1922 | #1,342 | 35 |
| 1921 | #1,168 | 43 |
| 1920 | #1,282 | 36 |
| 1919 | #1,155 | 41 |
| 1918 | #1,165 | 41 |
| 1917 | #1,219 | 35 |
| 1916 | #1,189 | 36 |
| 1915 | #885 | 55 |
| 1914 | #942 | 39 |
| 1913 | #1,091 | 25 |
| 1912 | #938 | 29 |
| 1911 | #1,113 | 16 |
| 1910 | #845 | 26 |
| 1909 | #791 | 26 |
| 1908 | #768 | 25 |
| 1907 | #710 | 28 |
| 1906 | #965 | 15 |
| 1905 | #734 | 24 |
| 1904 | #1,001 | 13 |
| 1903 | #896 | 15 |
| 1902 | #849 | 17 |
| 1901 | #961 | 12 |
| 1900 | #611 | 33 |
| 1899 | #629 | 24 |
| 1898 | #650 | 25 |
| 1897 | #660 | 22 |
| 1896 | #621 | 25 |
| 1895 | #578 | 27 |
| 1894 | #643 | 21 |
| 1893 | #662 | 19 |
| 1892 | #526 | 27 |
| 1891 | #497 | 27 |
| 1890 | #617 | 18 |
| 1889 | #486 | 26 |
| 1888 | #593 | 18 |
| 1887 | #471 | 22 |
| 1886 | #491 | 20 |
| 1885 | #413 | 25 |
| 1884 | #614 | 12 |
| 1883 | #615 | 10 |
| 1882 | #431 | 18 |
| 1881 | #623 | 8 |
| 1880 | #375 | 19 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Meda was already there! It came in at #375, and was given to 19 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1964, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Meda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Biggest jump: 267 spots in 1905 (#1,001 → #734)
- Biggest drop: 350 spots in 1901 (#611 → #961)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #375 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1880–1903
- Highest: 1 in 4,789 girls born in 1880 were named Meda (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 283,512 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
- 18.2% of all girls named Meda (343) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 178 | #375 (1880) | #511 |
| 1890s | 235 | #497 (1891) | #608 |
| 1900s | 208 | #611 (1900) | #829 |
| 1910s | 343 | #845 (1910) | #1,054 |
| 1920s | 320 | #1,168 (1921) | #1,439 |
| 1930s | 192 | #1,445 (1936) | #1,838 |
| 1940s | 143 | #1,610 (1941) | #2,581 |
| 1950s | 123 | #2,378 (1954) | #3,622 |
| 1960s | 67 | #3,789 (1968) | #5,027 |
| 1970s | 34 | #6,006 (1971) | #7,275 |
| 1980s | 6 | #9,095 (1980) | #9,095 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 17 | #14,179 (2004) | #15,542 |
| 2010s | 16 | #13,793 (2018) | #15,486 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Meda in 1881
Top girls' names in 1881
More about 1881
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91,953 girls got a published name in 1881; 1 in 11,494 of them was named Meda, which outranked 33.6% of the 938 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #582Sibyl9
- #582Zilpah9
- #582Zona9
- #623Meda8
- #623Abigail8
- #623Almedia8
- #623Althea8
- #679Abby7
- #679Adela7
- #679Alfreda7
Tied with 55 names at #623; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 381Avis#449 → #830
- ↓ 365Clementine#375 → #740
- ↓ 364Eleanore#466 → #830
- ↓ 364Lonnie#466 → #830
- ↓ 319Luvenia#421 → #740
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.