Metha

Last seen for girls in 1949 at #5,244

Peak · girls
1886 · 8 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
149
since 1886

Metha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Metha has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886peak #828, 1886girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1949#5,2445
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1931#3,8486
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1928#3,7437
1927#4,8055
1926#3,2699
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1924#4,0027
1923#4,3766
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1921#4,0237
1920#3,3409
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1916#3,9196
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1914#2,8767
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1912#2,6346
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1901#1,4666
1900#1,9325
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1897#1,3856
1896#1,4166
1895#1,2028
1894#1,3536
1893#1,2776
1892#1,0858
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1886#8288
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First appearance
1886

The first year at least five girls were named Metha! It came in at #828, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1891, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Metha
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1949
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1886 at #828 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1886
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,067
  • Highest: 1 in 18,067 girls born in 1886 were named Metha (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 342,175 girls born in 1949 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 33.6% of all girls named Metha (50) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s8#828 (1886)#828
1890s40#1,085 (1892)#1,286
1900s11#1,466 (1901)#1,699
1910s19#2,634 (1912)#3,143
1920s50#3,269 (1926)#3,937
1930s11#3,848 (1931)#4,049
1940s10#4,691 (1943)#4,968

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.

Metha in 1886

girls
#828
8 births · 1 in 18,067 girls

Top girls' names in 1886

  1. #1Mary9,889
  2. #2Anna4,283
  3. #3Emma2,764
  4. #4Elizabeth2,680
  5. #5Minnie2,372
  6. #6Margaret2,275
  7. #7Ida2,049
  8. #8Bertha2,001
  9. #9Clara1,916
  10. #10Florence1,860
  11. #828Metha8
More about 1886

girls

144,533 girls got a published name in 1886; 1 in 18,067 of them was named Metha, which outranked 35.4% of the 1,282 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Metha
  1. #778Winona9
  2. #778Zillah9
  3. #778Zilpha9
  4. #828Metha8
  5. #828Adela8
  6. #828Adelina8
  7. #828Adell8
  8. #897Abby7
  9. #897Aileen7
  10. #897Allene7

Tied with 68 names at #828; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. 441Felicia#1,047#606
  2. 414Arminda#1,047#633
  3. 414Fronie#1,047#633
  4. 390Zettie#1,047#657
  5. 365Vergie#921#556
Fallers
  1. 532Cordia#576#1,108
  2. 532Dicie#576#1,108
  3. 532Johnie#576#1,108
  4. 500Philomene#608#1,108
  5. 479Malissie#629#1,108

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1886