Media

Last seen for girls in 1980 at #10,392

Peak · girls
1880 · 8 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
473
since 1880

Media over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Media has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201880peak #628, 1880girls
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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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1980#10,3925
1979#8,0617
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1977#9,6525
1976#5,60110
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1973#6,6667
1972#7,2926
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1970#7,9955
1969#4,19812
1968#6,2466
1967#4,6259
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1965#5,2897
1964#4,6369
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1961#5,3097
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1959#6,2455
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1950#5,3015
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1948#4,2057
1947#5,2955
1946#3,9947
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1944#4,5745
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1942#3,7387
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1940#4,3495
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1937#3,8006
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1935#3,7426
1934#3,4497
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1930#4,0476
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1926#4,3066
1925#4,0287
1924#2,97311
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1922#3,6558
1921#4,0237
1920#3,3409
1919#2,81311
1918#3,02410
1917#3,7137
1916#2,49812
1915#2,38412
1914#2,4349
1913#2,1649
1912#1,84410
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1910#1,9357
1909#1,4719
1908#1,6767
1907#1,6397
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1905#1,5387
1904#1,8775
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1902#1,4387
1901#1,06710
1900#1,4318
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1898#1,00912
1897#1,3856
1896#1,04710
1895#1,2028
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1893#1,1757
1892#1,0179
1891#1,3325
1890#1,3385
1889#9508
1888#1,1366
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1886#7789
1885#7938
1884#1,0245
1883#8176
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1880#6288
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Media was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Media is popular in 1880

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Media
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1980
  • Biggest jump: 231 spots in 1885 (#1,024 → #793)
  • Biggest drop: 388 spots in 1890 (#950 → #1,338)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #628 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1885–1886
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,374
  • Highest: 1 in 11,374 girls born in 1880 were named Media (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 332,061 girls born in 1980 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 18.4% of all girls named Media (87) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s50#628 (1880)#875
1890s62#1,009 (1898)#1,188
1900s60#1,067 (1901)#1,517
1910s87#1,844 (1912)#2,534
1920s48#2,973 (1924)#3,721
1930s25#3,449 (1934)#3,760
1940s36#3,738 (1942)#4,359
1950s10#5,301 (1950)#5,773
1960s50#4,198 (1969)#5,051
1970s40#5,601 (1976)#7,545
1980s5#10,392 (1980)#10,392

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.

Media in 1880

girls
#628
8 births · 1 in 11,374 girls

Top girls' names in 1880

  1. #1Mary7,065
  2. #2Anna2,604
  3. #3Emma2,003
  4. #4Elizabeth1,939
  5. #5Minnie1,746
  6. #6Margaret1,578
  7. #7Ida1,472
  8. #8Alice1,414
  9. #9Bertha1,320
  10. #10Sarah1,288
  11. #628Media8
More about 1880

girls

90,994 girls got a published name in 1880; 1 in 11,374 of them was named Media, which outranked 33.3% of the 942 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of girls (7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Media
  1. #580Sula9
  2. #580Vada9
  3. #580Winnifred9
  4. #628Media8
  5. #628Adline8
  6. #628Almira8
  7. #628Alvena8
  8. #679Albertina7
  9. #679Albina7
  10. #679Alyce7

Tied with 50 names at #628; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

See the top 100 for 1880 →