Mena
- #6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births
- Last seen for boys in 2016 at #9,664
- Given to girls 90.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,517since 1880
Mena over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,116 | 19 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,799 | 21 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,172 | 25 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,964 | 26 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,850 | 20 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,653 | 29 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,357 | 32 | — | |
| 2017 | #6,808 | 17 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,850 | 28 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #4,853 | 28 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #3,778 | 40 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #3,465 | 45 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #4,601 | 31 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #3,916 | 38 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #3,516 | 45 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,252 | 51 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #2,773 | 65 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #3,531 | 46 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #3,919 | 38 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #3,404 | 44 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #4,816 | 27 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,946 | 34 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,730 | 35 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #4,527 | 26 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | — | |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | — | |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | — | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | — | |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | — | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | — | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | — | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | — | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | — | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | — | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | — | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | — | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | — | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | — | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | — | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | — | |
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | — | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | — | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | #860 | 8 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Mena was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1886, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Mena is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Mena in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Mena
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 266 spots since 2020 (#5,850 → #6,116)
- Biggest jump: 248 spots in 1887
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #738 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1880–1887
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,166
- Highest: 1 in 15,166 girls born in 1880 were named Mena (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 84,593 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 25.6% of all girls named Mena (389) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1991
- Mostly boys until 1990, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 24 | #738 (1880) | #996 |
| 1890s | 37 | #1,006 (1890) | #1,321 |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,696 (1905) | #1,696 |
| 1910s | 60 | #1,935 (1910) | #2,718 |
| 1920s | 69 | #2,708 (1926) | #3,338 |
| 1930s | 34 | #3,055 (1930) | #3,634 |
| 1940s | 24 | #3,252 (1941) | #4,478 |
| 1950s | 56 | #3,827 (1959) | #4,767 |
| 1960s | 46 | #4,831 (1965) | #6,262 |
| 1970s | 87 | #4,871 (1973) | #6,300 |
| 1980s | 95 | #5,598 (1988) | #6,975 |
| 1990s | 133 | #4,796 (1998) | #7,128 |
| 2000s | 389 | #2,773 (2008) | #3,891 |
| 2010s | 333 | #3,465 (2013) | #4,480 |
| 2020s | 124 | #4,964 (2021) | #5,993 |
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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