Meaning not yet researched.
Meta: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #217 in 1884.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US girls were given it in 2025. It peaked at #217 in 1884. No US babies were recorded with the name Meta in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US girls in 2025; it peaked at #217 in 1884.
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Meta: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 girls in 2025. Peak: #217 in 1884 · most girls in one year: 127 (1892).
Fewer than five US girls were named Meta in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #217, reached in 1884. The most girls given the name in a single year was 127, in 1892. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #1,517 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Meta in 135 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 37 babies. In all, 6,211 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 1890s, with 1,104 babies named Meta.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 44 US girls were named Meta; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 13.
Rarer spellings such as Miata, Metha and Mita are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, Estonian, German, Latvian and Slovene. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Miata (175), Metha (149), Mita (62).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Meta in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10 | #10,072 | — | — |
| 2020 | 5 | #16,721 | — | — |
| 2019 | 6 | #14,981 | — | — |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,455 | — | — |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,604 | — | — |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,359 | — | — |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,923 | — | — |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,982 | — | — |
| 2009 | 5 | #19,248 | — | — |
| 2008 | 9 | #12,273 | — | — |
| 2007 | 10 | #11,374 | — | — |
| 2006 | 11 | #10,391 | — | — |
| 2005 | 6 | #15,797 | — | — |
| 2004 | 6 | #15,429 | — | — |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,489 | — | — |
| 2002 | 5 | #17,221 | — | — |
| 2001 | 5 | #17,053 | — | — |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,653 | — | — |
| 1997 | 7 | #11,660 | — | — |
| 1996 | 5 | #15,031 | — | — |
| 1995 | 9 | #9,273 | — | — |
| 1993 | 7 | #11,347 | — | — |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,511 | — | — |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,920 | — | — |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,971 | — | — |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,499 | — | — |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,955 | — | — |
| 1987 | 10 | #7,151 | — | — |
| 1986 | 8 | #8,223 | — | — |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,934 | — | — |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,604 | — | — |
| 1983 | 9 | #7,088 | — | — |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,647 | — | — |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,659 | — | — |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,434 | — | — |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,299 | — | — |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,596 | — | — |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,351 | — | — |
| 1976 | 8 | #7,037 | — | — |
| 1975 | 23 | #3,120 | — | — |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,368 | — | — |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,422 | — | — |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,350 | — | — |
| 1971 | 17 | #3,748 | — | — |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,389 | — | — |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,413 | — | — |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,128 | — | — |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,937 | — | — |
| 1966 | 36 | #1,942 | — | — |
| 1965 | 32 | #2,099 | — | — |
| 1964 | 33 | #2,097 | — | — |
| 1963 | 37 | #1,941 | — | — |
| 1962 | 43 | #1,749 | — | — |
| 1961 | 47 | #1,655 | — | — |
| 1960 | 41 | #1,782 | — | — |
| 1959 | 42 | #1,711 | — | — |
| 1958 | 43 | #1,646 | — | — |
| 1957 | 42 | #1,673 | — | — |
| 1956 | 46 | #1,573 | — | — |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,721 | — | — |
| 1954 | 42 | #1,575 | — | — |
| 1953 | 69 | #1,170 | — | — |
| 1952 | 56 | #1,276 | — | — |
| 1951 | 36 | #1,596 | — | — |
| 1950 | 38 | #1,517 | — | — |
| 1949 | 34 | #1,620 | — | — |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,698 | — | — |
| 1947 | 34 | #1,655 | — | — |
| 1946 | 30 | #1,638 | — | — |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,504 | — | — |
| 1944 | 31 | #1,479 | — | — |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,124 | — | — |
| 1942 | 42 | #1,241 | — | — |
| 1941 | 47 | #1,079 | — | — |
| 1940 | 36 | #1,236 | — | — |
| 1939 | 38 | #1,191 | — | — |
| 1938 | 32 | #1,307 | — | — |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,324 | — | — |
| 1936 | 46 | #1,029 | — | — |
| 1935 | 44 | #1,049 | — | — |
| 1934 | 37 | #1,180 | — | — |
| 1933 | 41 | #1,095 | — | — |
| 1932 | 43 | #1,092 | — | — |
| 1931 | 36 | #1,215 | — | — |
| 1930 | 43 | #1,138 | — | — |
| 1929 | 46 | #1,088 | — | — |
| 1928 | 58 | #979 | — | — |
| 1927 | 56 | #1,033 | — | — |
| 1926 | 68 | #906 | — | — |
| 1925 | 79 | #840 | — | — |
| 1924 | 76 | #863 | — | — |
| 1923 | 98 | #739 | — | — |
| 1922 | 81 | #815 | — | — |
| 1921 | 102 | #730 | — | — |
| 1920 | 92 | #761 | — | — |
| 1919 | 94 | #723 | — | — |
| 1918 | 117 | #656 | — | — |
| 1917 | 112 | #645 | — | — |
| 1916 | 122 | #613 | — | — |
| 1915 | 126 | #580 | — | — |
| 1914 | 99 | #568 | — | — |
| 1913 | 92 | #533 | — | — |
| 1912 | 85 | #529 | — | — |
| 1911 | 55 | #582 | — | — |
| 1910 | 48 | #608 | — | — |
| 1909 | 58 | #492 | — | — |
| 1908 | 67 | #443 | — | — |
| 1907 | 70 | #429 | — | — |
| 1906 | 82 | #380 | — | — |
| 1905 | 72 | #398 | — | — |
| 1904 | 62 | #409 | — | — |
| 1903 | 78 | #364 | — | — |
| 1902 | 83 | #350 | — | — |
| 1901 | 106 | #296 | — | — |
| 1900 | 96 | #340 | — | — |
| 1899 | 107 | #280 | — | — |
| 1898 | 100 | #314 | — | — |
| 1897 | 109 | #272 | — | — |
| 1896 | 122 | #257 | — | — |
| 1895 | 122 | #255 | — | — |
| 1894 | 93 | #287 | — | — |
| 1893 | 118 | #244 | — | — |
| 1892 | 127 | #231 | — | — |
| 1891 | 91 | #256 | — | — |
| 1890 | 115 | #227 | — | — |
| 1889 | 85 | #255 | — | — |
| 1888 | 99 | #232 | — | — |
| 1887 | 71 | #250 | — | — |
| 1886 | 77 | #234 | — | — |
| 1885 | 72 | #234 | — | — |
| 1884 | 76 | #217 | — | — |
| 1883 | 52 | #250 | — | — |
| 1882 | 51 | #243 | — | — |
| 1881 | 30 | #287 | — | — |
| 1880 | 37 | #253 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).