girls:
1.5k births since 1965
#4239 (26th percentile)
boys:
12 births since 1987
#4574 (0th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1965
#6229 (19th percentile)
The name Meena is the #6,229 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,516 recorded births since 1965. This represents the 19.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,239 (25.8% percentile) for all time with 1,504 births since 1965. For boys, it ranks #4,574 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 12 births since 1987.
Meena first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1965 (1965 for girls and 1987 for boys). Birth data for Meena is available in 57 out of the 59 years between 1965 and 2023 (57 years for girls and 2 years for boys). 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.
The name Meena has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.2% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Meena reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #898) with 31 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 31 births per million (ranked 5.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Meena is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #898 (5.2% percentile) with 31 births per million.
For boys, Meena reached its peak popularity in 1987, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #712) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1987, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1992.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Meena".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Meena. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Meena is pronounced as MEE-nuh, which has 2 syllables.
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