girls:
1.2k births since 1978
#4555 (20th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1978
#6579 (15th percentile)
The name Megha is the #6,579 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,161 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 15.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,555 (20.3% percentile) for all time with 1,161 births since 1978.
Megha first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (first recorded for girls in 1978). Birth data for Megha is available in 45 out of the 46 years between 1978 and 2023. 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, Megha reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 7.8% percentile (ranked #828) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 38 births per million (ranked 7.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Megha ranks #933 for girls (1.5% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 28.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Megha".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Megha. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.4% confident that Megha is pronounced as MEH-guh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAY-guh, at 48.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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