Media

Popularity Trends

The name Media is the #7,266 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 473 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 6.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,243 (8.2% percentile) for all time with 473 births since 1880.

Media has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 Birth data for Media is available in 63 out of the 101 years between 1880 and 1980. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Media reached its peak popularity in 1898, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #332) with 44 births per million. The name was most common in 1880, with 82 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1980.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Media".

1880 1980 18801980

Key Statistics

Total Births

473

Peak Births

Peak Year

1898

First Recorded

1880

Peak Percentile

2.1%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#332

Current Rank

—

Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Media", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Media.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Media's popularity from 1880 to 1983 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Media at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Media range from Tishie at 83.6% correlation to Hettie at 79.4% correlation, with an average correlation level of 80.7%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Hettie with 7.3K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Tishie with 312 births (100% girls).

Media's share of births peaked at 82 births per million for girls in 1898. It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (3% of peak) in 1959. In 1980, the most recent period with data, the name Media had 2.8 births per million, 3% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Tishie

312

83.59% (very strong)

Lular

572

83.07% (very strong)

Lavinia

5,486

81.85% (very strong)

Donie

1,087

81.44% (very strong)

Fronie

789

80.22% (very strong)

Mabelle

2,584

80.08% (very strong)

Meda

1,882

79.90% (strong)

Nealie

793

79.84% (strong)

Elza

2,919

79.82% (strong)

Birtie

946

79.65% (strong)

Elizebeth

4,598

79.50% (strong)

Hettie

7,294

79.38% (strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Media

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Media. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Media is pronounced as MEE-dee-uh, which has 3 syllables.

MEE-dee-uh

100.0%

MEE-dee-uh (3 syllables)

Verified

100.0% confidence

M IY1 D IY0 AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Media? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Media. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Media, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like M IY1 D IY0 AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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