Metta
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #11,146
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 15 births
- Debut · girls
- 15 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,123since 1880
Metta over time
Rank among girls' names. Metta has never cracked the top 400 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 | #11,146 | 8 |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 |
| 1938 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 |
| 1927 | #2,256 | 16 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 |
| 1925 | #1,795 | 23 |
| 1924 | #1,723 | 25 |
| 1923 | #2,169 | 17 |
| 1922 | #2,109 | 18 |
| 1921 | #1,988 | 20 |
| 1920 | #2,015 | 19 |
| 1919 | #1,801 | 21 |
| 1918 | #2,289 | 15 |
| 1917 | #1,605 | 23 |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 |
| 1914 | #1,603 | 17 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 |
| 1906 | #1,101 | 12 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 |
| 1903 | #1,076 | 11 |
| 1902 | #903 | 15 |
| 1901 | #881 | 14 |
| 1900 | #970 | 15 |
| 1899 | #878 | 14 |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 |
| 1897 | #699 | 20 |
| 1896 | #754 | 18 |
| 1895 | #685 | 21 |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 |
| 1893 | #865 | 12 |
| 1892 | #638 | 20 |
| 1891 | #695 | 15 |
| 1890 | #617 | 18 |
| 1889 | #902 | 9 |
| 1888 | #558 | 20 |
| 1887 | #860 | 8 |
| 1886 | #633 | 13 |
| 1885 | #629 | 12 |
| 1884 | #520 | 16 |
| 1883 | #561 | 12 |
| 1882 | #596 | 10 |
| 1881 | #539 | 10 |
| 1880 | #435 | 15 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Metta was already there! It came in at #435, and was given to 15 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1908, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Metta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 302 spots in 1888 (#860 → #558)
- Biggest drop: 399 spots in 1898 (#699 → #1,098)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #435 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1905, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1880–1897
- Highest: 1 in 6,066 girls born in 1880 were named Metta (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 205,108 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- 15.1% of all girls named Metta (170) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 125 | #435 (1880) | #623 |
| 1890s | 161 | #617 (1890) | #778 |
| 1900s | 100 | #881 (1901) | #1,195 |
| 1910s | 160 | #1,300 (1911) | #1,733 |
| 1920s | 170 | #1,723 (1924) | #2,264 |
| 1930s | 115 | #1,945 (1938) | #2,573 |
| 1940s | 68 | #2,946 (1944) | #3,775 |
| 1950s | 50 | #3,967 (1954) | #4,576 |
| 1960s | 37 | #4,831 (1965) | #6,055 |
| 1970s | 19 | #6,619 (1971) | #7,851 |
| 1980s | 23 | #7,563 (1985) | #9,790 |
| 1990s | 5 | #14,122 (1998) | #14,122 |
| 2000s | 8 | #12,429 (2009) | #12,429 |
| 2010s | 62 | #9,481 (2015) | #12,620 |
| 2020s | 20 | #8,406 (2020) | #9,776 |
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.
Metta in 1882
Top girls' names in 1882
More about 1882
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107,847 girls got a published name in 1882; 1 in 10,785 of them was named Metta, which outranked 42.0% of the 1,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #560Queen11
- #560Queenie11
- #560Sybil11
- #596Metta10
- #596Annabel10
- #596Ara10
- #596Attie10
- #634Aline9
- #634Amie9
- #634Avis9
Tied with 37 names at #596; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 380Clementine#740 → #360
- ↑ 337Lissie#830 → #493
- ↑ 323Lonnie#830 → #507
- ↑ 300Erna#830 → #530
- ↑ 300Hedwig#830 → #530
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.