girls:
22 births since 2015
#5694 (0th percentile)
boys:
119 births since 2013
#4467 (3rd percentile)
overall:
141 births since 2013
#7598 (2nd percentile)
The name Meba is the #7,598 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 141 recorded births since 2013. This represents the 1.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,467 (2.5% percentile) for all time with 119 births since 2013. For girls, it ranks #5,694 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 2015.
Meba first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2013 (2013 for boys and 2015 for girls).
The name Meba has been given predominantly to boys, with 84.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 64.3% of babies named Meba were boys.
For boys, Meba reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #913) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Meba ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 57.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Meba reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #956) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Meba ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 62.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Meba".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Meba. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 72.2% confident that Meba is pronounced as MEE-buh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEH-buh, at 27.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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