BabyNamesTrends
Menu

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Metta

Metta was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1880, when it ranked 445th; the most babies were born in 1924 (25). More babies were named Metta in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Meaning Not yet researched how we research meanings

Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
192425 babies
Total since 1880
1,123babies recorded

Metta popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 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#8,77312
2010#16,3086
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970——
1960#6,1616
1950#5,1086
1940#4,8305
1930#2,64812
1920#2,05019
1910#1,48511
1900#1,00115
1890#63618
1880#44515

How popular is Metta, counting every spelling?

Metta is a spelling of Meta, 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 Metta?

About 300 people born in the US named Metta are alive today, with a median age of 57; half are between 13 and 76. That makes Metta a name most people associate with older generations. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.

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.

Metta by state

How common Metta was among girls born in each state in 1922–1926, around its peak. In 50 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: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: 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: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: 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: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: 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: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesNC0.06South 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: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Metta, girls, 1922–1926. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

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

Questions about the name Metta

How popular is the name Metta?

Metta was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1880, when it ranked 445th; the most babies were born in 1924 (25). More babies were named Metta in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Metta a boy or girl name?

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

Where was Metta most popular?

In 1922–1926, Metta was most common in North Carolina (0.06 per 1,000 girls).