Media
Last seen for girls in 1980 at #10,392
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 8 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 473since 1880
Media over time
Rank among girls' names. Media has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 |
| 1901 | #1,067 | 10 |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,009 | 12 |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 |
| 1892 | #1,017 | 9 |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | #950 | 8 |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #778 | 9 |
| 1885 | #793 | 8 |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #628 | 8 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Media was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Media
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1980
- Biggest jump: 231 spots in 1885 (#1,024 → #793)
- Biggest drop: 388 spots in 1890 (#950 → #1,338)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #628 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1885–1886
- Highest: 1 in 11,374 girls born in 1880 were named Media (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 332,061 girls born in 1980 (0.00%)
- 18.4% of all girls named Media (87) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 50 | #628 (1880) | #875 |
| 1890s | 62 | #1,009 (1898) | #1,188 |
| 1900s | 60 | #1,067 (1901) | #1,517 |
| 1910s | 87 | #1,844 (1912) | #2,534 |
| 1920s | 48 | #2,973 (1924) | #3,721 |
| 1930s | 25 | #3,449 (1934) | #3,760 |
| 1940s | 36 | #3,738 (1942) | #4,359 |
| 1950s | 10 | #5,301 (1950) | #5,773 |
| 1960s | 50 | #4,198 (1969) | #5,051 |
| 1970s | 40 | #5,601 (1976) | #7,545 |
| 1980s | 5 | #10,392 (1980) | #10,392 |
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.
Media in 1889
Top girls' names in 1889
More about 1889
girls
178,366 girls got a published name in 1889; 1 in 22,296 of them was named Media, which outranked 35.8% of the 1,479 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).