girls:
423 births since 1979
#5293 (7th percentile)
overall:
423 births since 1979
#7316 (5th percentile)
The name Meia is the #7,316 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 423 recorded births since 1979. This represents the 5.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,293 (7.4% percentile) for all time with 423 births since 1979.
Meia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1979 (first recorded for girls in 1979). Birth data for Meia is available in 32 out of the 43 years between 1979 and 2021. 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, Meia reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #910) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Meia".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Meia", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 24 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Mia" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Mia..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Meia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.8% confident that Meia is pronounced as MAY-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEE-uh, at 26.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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