Mea
#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births
- Peak · girls
- 2005 · 112 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,690since 1954
Mea over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Mea has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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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| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 |
| 2024 | #5,615 | 22 |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 |
| 2022 | #6,229 | 19 |
| 2021 | #5,748 | 21 |
| 2020 | #5,667 | 21 |
| 2019 | #4,343 | 32 |
| 2018 | #4,076 | 35 |
| 2017 | #3,697 | 41 |
| 2016 | #3,523 | 44 |
| 2015 | #3,092 | 54 |
| 2014 | #2,843 | 60 |
| 2013 | #2,326 | 79 |
| 2012 | #2,597 | 69 |
| 2011 | #2,796 | 62 |
| 2010 | #2,691 | 66 |
| 2009 | #2,826 | 62 |
| 2008 | #2,267 | 86 |
| 2007 | #2,134 | 94 |
| 2006 | #1,905 | 106 |
| 2005 | #1,755 | 112 |
| 2004 | #2,679 | 61 |
| 2003 | #2,301 | 73 |
| 2002 | #2,263 | 72 |
| 2001 | #3,785 | 34 |
| 2000 | #5,151 | 22 |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 |
| 1998 | #4,492 | 24 |
| 1997 | #4,125 | 26 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
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| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 |
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| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
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| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
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| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
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First appearance
1954
The first year at least five girls were named Mea! It came in at #5,753, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1954–1962, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 931 spots since 2024 (#5,615 → #6,546)
- 879 spots since 2020 (#5,667 → #6,546)
- 3,454 spots since 2015 (#3,092 → #6,546)
Rise & fade · girls
51 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 2005 at #1,755 (112 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 16,499
- Highest: 1 in 16,499 girls born in 2005 were named Mea (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 42.7% of all girls named Mea (722) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #5,753 (1954) | #5,753 |
| 1960s | 41 | #3,952 (1965) | #5,685 |
| 1970s | 60 | #4,231 (1979) | #6,761 |
| 1980s | 83 | #3,625 (1981) | #7,628 |
| 1990s | 127 | #4,125 (1997) | #8,057 |
| 2000s | 722 | #1,755 (2005) | #2,707 |
| 2010s | 542 | #2,326 (2013) | #3,198 |
| 2020s | 110 | #5,615 (2024) | #6,570 |
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.
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