Meta
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1890
115 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
6,211
since 1880
Born a Meta? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Meta was most popular in 1890, when 115 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.60 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Meta in 2025. Not recorded since 2021.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 10 | 9562 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 5 | 15088 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 6 | 13799 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 13 | 8146 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 10 | 10113 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 14 | 8053 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 9 | 11257 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 8 | 12153 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 5 | 17294 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 9 | 11599 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 10 | 10818 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 11 | 9901 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 6 | 14502 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 6 | 14179 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 11 | 9048 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 5 | 15432 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 5 | 15352 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 10 | 9163 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 7 | 10836 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 5 | 13518 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 9 | 8766 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 7 | 10588 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 10 | 8065 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 8 | 9336 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 7 | 10193 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 9 | 8037 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 11 | 6666 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 10 | 6788 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 8 | 7749 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 7 | 8318 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 10 | 6291 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 9 | 6705 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 16 | 4527 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 16 | 4532 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 13 | 5245 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 25 | 3236 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 15 | 4459 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 16 | 4235 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 8 | 6611 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 23 | 3052 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 14 | 4227 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 19 | 3342 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 8 | 5959 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 17 | 3652 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 19 | 3311 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 17 | 3318 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 18 | 3057 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 19 | 2868 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 36 | 1916 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 32 | 2064 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 33 | 2071 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 37 | 1922 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 43 | 1732 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 47 | 1640 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 41 | 1764 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 42 | 1695 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 43 | 1630 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 42 | 1652 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 46 | 1560 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 37 | 1691 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 42 | 1560 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 69 | 1164 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 56 | 1269 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 36 | 1583 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 38 | 1495 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 34 | 1603 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 31 | 1669 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 34 | 1633 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 30 | 1617 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 30 | 1482 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 31 | 1455 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 18 | 2079 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 42 | 1229 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 47 | 1065 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 36 | 1218 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 38 | 1179 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 32 | 1288 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 31 | 1303 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 46 | 1022 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 44 | 1039 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 37 | 1166 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 41 | 1085 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 43 | 1082 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 36 | 1199 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 43 | 1128 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 46 | 1078 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 58 | 974 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 56 | 1023 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 68 | 903 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 79 | 837 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 76 | 861 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 98 | 735 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 81 | 808 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 102 | 728 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 92 | 757 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 94 | 721 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 117 | 653 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 112 | 641 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 122 | 612 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 126 | 576 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 99 | 566 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 92 | 532 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 85 | 525 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 55 | 580 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 48 | 604 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 58 | 488 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 67 | 440 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 70 | 427 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 82 | 376 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 72 | 397 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 62 | 407 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 78 | 361 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 83 | 349 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 106 | 293 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 96 | 340 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 107 | 279 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 100 | 314 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 109 | 271 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 122 | 257 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 122 | 255 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 93 | 287 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 118 | 244 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 127 | 230 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 91 | 255 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 115 | 227 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 85 | 255 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 99 | 232 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 71 | 249 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 77 | 233 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 72 | 233 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 76 | 216 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 52 | 249 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 51 | 242 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 30 | 286 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 37 | 253 | <5 | — |
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