Meta
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #9,562
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 76 births
- Debut · girls
- 37 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,211since 1880
Meta over time
Rank among girls' names. Meta has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 |
| 1971 | #3,652 | 17 |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 |
| 1967 | #2,868 | 19 |
| 1966 | #1,916 | 36 |
| 1965 | #2,064 | 32 |
| 1964 | #2,071 | 33 |
| 1963 | #1,922 | 37 |
| 1962 | #1,732 | 43 |
| 1961 | #1,640 | 47 |
| 1960 | #1,764 | 41 |
| 1959 | #1,695 | 42 |
| 1958 | #1,630 | 43 |
| 1957 | #1,652 | 42 |
| 1956 | #1,560 | 46 |
| 1955 | #1,691 | 37 |
| 1954 | #1,560 | 42 |
| 1953 | #1,164 | 69 |
| 1952 | #1,269 | 56 |
| 1951 | #1,583 | 36 |
| 1950 | #1,495 | 38 |
| 1949 | #1,603 | 34 |
| 1948 | #1,669 | 31 |
| 1947 | #1,633 | 34 |
| 1946 | #1,617 | 30 |
| 1945 | #1,482 | 30 |
| 1944 | #1,455 | 31 |
| 1943 | #2,079 | 18 |
| 1942 | #1,229 | 42 |
| 1941 | #1,065 | 47 |
| 1940 | #1,218 | 36 |
| 1939 | #1,179 | 38 |
| 1938 | #1,288 | 32 |
| 1937 | #1,303 | 31 |
| 1936 | #1,022 | 46 |
| 1935 | #1,039 | 44 |
| 1934 | #1,166 | 37 |
| 1933 | #1,085 | 41 |
| 1932 | #1,082 | 43 |
| 1931 | #1,199 | 36 |
| 1930 | #1,128 | 43 |
| 1929 | #1,078 | 46 |
| 1928 | #974 | 58 |
| 1927 | #1,023 | 56 |
| 1926 | #903 | 68 |
| 1925 | #837 | 79 |
| 1924 | #861 | 76 |
| 1923 | #735 | 98 |
| 1922 | #808 | 81 |
| 1921 | #728 | 102 |
| 1920 | #757 | 92 |
| 1919 | #721 | 94 |
| 1918 | #653 | 117 |
| 1917 | #641 | 112 |
| 1916 | #612 | 122 |
| 1915 | #576 | 126 |
| 1914 | #566 | 99 |
| 1913 | #532 | 92 |
| 1912 | #525 | 85 |
| 1911 | #580 | 55 |
| 1910 | #604 | 48 |
| 1909 | #488 | 58 |
| 1908 | #440 | 67 |
| 1907 | #427 | 70 |
| 1906 | #376 | 82 |
| 1905 | #397 | 72 |
| 1904 | #407 | 62 |
| 1903 | #361 | 78 |
| 1902 | #349 | 83 |
| 1901 | #293 | 106 |
| 1900 | #340 | 96 |
| 1899 | #279 | 107 |
| 1898 | #314 | 100 |
| 1897 | #271 | 109 |
| 1896 | #257 | 122 |
| 1895 | #255 | 122 |
| 1894 | #287 | 93 |
| 1893 | #244 | 118 |
| 1892 | #230 | 127 |
| 1891 | #255 | 91 |
| 1890 | #227 | 115 |
| 1889 | #255 | 85 |
| 1888 | #232 | 99 |
| 1887 | #249 | 71 |
| 1886 | #233 | 77 |
| 1885 | #233 | 72 |
| 1884 | #216 | 76 |
| 1883 | #249 | 52 |
| 1882 | #242 | 51 |
| 1881 | #286 | 30 |
| 1880 | #253 | 37 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Meta was already there! It came in at #253, and was given to 37 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1994, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Meta is popular in 1915
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wisconsin#196 · 1 in 1,324
- Nebraska#250 · 1 in 1,746
- New Jersey#294 · 1 in 4,518
- Michigan#302 · 1 in 3,091
- Minnesota#304 · 1 in 2,836
Best ever in a state: #150 in Wisconsin, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #196 | 16 | 1 in 1,324 |
| Nebraska | #250 | 6 | 1 in 1,746 |
| New Jersey | #294 | 6 | 1 in 4,518 |
| Michigan | #302 | 9 | 1 in 3,091 |
| Minnesota | #304 | 7 | 1 in 2,836 |
| California | #327 | 7 | 1 in 2,663 |
| Iowa | #356 | 6 | 1 in 3,166 |
| Missouri | #479 | 5 | 1 in 5,284 |
| Illinois | #504 | 7 | 1 in 7,612 |
| Texas | #523 | 11 | 1 in 3,920 |
| Pennsylvania | #557 | 6 | 1 in 14,540 |
| New York | #563 | 7 | 1 in 13,078 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Meta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 73 spots in 1923 (#808 → #735)
- Biggest drop: 126 spots in 1924 (#735 → #861)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #216 (76 births)
- Births halved by 1931, 47 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1880–1926
- Highest: 1 in 1,655 girls born in 1890 were named Meta (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 164,086 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #216 in 1884, was only 1 in 1,698 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 17.8% of all girls named Meta (1,104) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 650 | #216 (1884) | #245 |
| 1890s | 1,104 | #227 (1890) | #262 |
| 1900s | 774 | #293 (1901) | #388 |
| 1910s | 950 | #525 (1912) | #601 |
| 1920s | 756 | #728 (1921) | #870 |
| 1930s | 391 | #1,022 (1936) | #1,149 |
| 1940s | 333 | #1,065 (1941) | #1,505 |
| 1950s | 451 | #1,164 (1953) | #1,530 |
| 1960s | 323 | #1,640 (1961) | #2,235 |
| 1970s | 164 | #3,052 (1975) | #4,208 |
| 1980s | 109 | #4,527 (1982) | #6,486 |
| 1990s | 53 | #8,065 (1992) | #10,186 |
| 2000s | 78 | #9,048 (2003) | #12,729 |
| 2010s | 60 | #8,053 (2014) | #10,587 |
| 2020s | 15 | #9,562 (2021) | #12,325 |
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.
Meta in 1915
Top girls' names in 1915
More about 1915
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983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 7,808 of them was named Meta, which outranked 88.4% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #570Patsy128
- #574Almeda127
- #574Lavina127
- #576Meta126
- #576Charlie126
- #576Estell126
- #576Faith126
- #582Odell125
- #583Abbie124
- #583Hildegarde124
Tied with 5 names at #576; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.