Meya
Meya was the 11581st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 2006, when it ranked 2840th with 62 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,330 places. More babies were named Meya in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #11,581 girls, down 4,126 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 8girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200662 babies
- Total since 1880
- 833babies recorded
Meya popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,581 | 8 |
| 2020 | #7,455 | 15 |
| 2010 | #4,371 | 34 |
| 2000 | #8,965 | 11 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | #9,886 | 6 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Meya, counting every spelling?
Meya is the most common spelling of a name family that had 8 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 8 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meya | 8 | #11,581 | 40 |
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 many kids will share the name Meya?
8 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Meya (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Meya born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,057 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Meya.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Meya?
About 800 people born in the US named Meya are alive today, with a median age of 18; half are between 13 and 22. That makes Meya mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Meya: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Meya, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Meya
How popular is the name Meya?
Meya was the 11581st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 2006, when it ranked 2840th with 62 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,330 places. More babies were named Meya in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Meya a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Meya in the US.