girls:
106 births since 1971
#5610 (2nd percentile)
boys:
128 births since 1992
#4458 (3rd percentile)
overall:
234 births since 1971
#7505 (3rd percentile)
The name Meiko is the #7,505 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 234 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 3.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,458 (2.7% percentile) for all time with 128 births since 1992. For girls, it ranks #5,610 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 106 births since 1971.
Meiko first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for girls and 1992 for boys). Birth data for Meiko is available in 28 out of the 53 years between 1971 and 2023 (17 years for girls and 14 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 Meiko is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Meiko were boys. Interestingly, until around 1995, the name was more popular for girls (94.0% girls from 1971 to 1994), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (81.5% boys from 1995 to 2023).
For boys, Meiko reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #917) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Meiko ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 79.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Meiko reached its peak popularity in 1973, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #736) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.5% 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 "Meiko".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Meiko. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Meiko is pronounced as MAY-koh, which has 2 syllables.
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