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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Meta

Meta was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1884, when it ranked 217th; the most babies were born in 1892 (127). More babies were named Meta in the 1890s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1892127 babies
Total since 1880
6,211babies recorded

Meta popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020#16,7215
2010——
2000#9,65310
1990#10,9717
1980#5,43413
1970#3,38919
1960#1,78241
1950#1,51738
1940#1,23636
1930#1,13843
1920#76192
1910#60848
1900#34096
1890#227115
1880#25337

How popular is Meta, counting every spelling?

Meta is the most common spelling of a name family that had 0 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 0 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How old are people named Meta?

About 1,400 people born in the US named Meta are alive today, with a median age of 65; half are between 48 and 74. That makes Meta a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Meta by state

How common Meta was among girls born in each state in 1910–1914, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Wisconsin (6.2×), Texas (2.2×). In 41 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.85 per 1,000 babiesWI0.85Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.42 per 1,000 babiesMN0.42Illinois: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesIL0.12Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNY0.03Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesIA0.11Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.16Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesMO0.08Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesKS0.17Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesNC0.14South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesTX0.31Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Meta, girls, 1910–1914. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Meta: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Meta, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Meta

How popular is the name Meta?

Meta was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1884, when it ranked 217th; the most babies were born in 1892 (127). More babies were named Meta in the 1890s than in any other decade.

Is Meta a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Meta in the US.

Where was Meta most popular?

In 1910–1914, Meta was most common in Wisconsin (0.85 per 1,000 girls), followed by Minnesota and Texas.