Meja

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Meja: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Meja: Recorded since 2006, it reached #894 in 2013, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#894highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2006–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#5061
2008	#3860
2009	#5556
2011	#4049
2012	#5876
2013	#5742
2014	#3514
2016	#5785
2017	#2502
2018	#2901
2019	#3151
2022	#3148
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 13 of the 19 years from 2006 to 2024.

In 2013: #894 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5742 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2006–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2006
First recorded at #5061 among girls in England and Wales in 2006 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Meja by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Meja in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	11	3 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	45	8 of 10	6
2020s	12	2 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Meja appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #894 in Republic of Ireland in 2013.

Meja's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2006 and 2024, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #894, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2013, and 7 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 6 to 10 years →
10births registered in its largest year, 2017Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Annabeth · #894, 18y
Chinelo · #894, 10y
Karlee · #894, 9y
Lanah · #894, 16y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Annabeth · #894, 18y
Lanah · #894, 16y
Lilyann · #894, 15y
Madisyn · #894, 17y

Meja was ranked #894 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2013. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Meja and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Meja without appearing here.

Meja moved ahead of

Kristine Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2502 and #5765.
Geraldine Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #5666.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5742 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #5666.
Jeanette Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Meja

Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3148 and #1452.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #894 in Republic of Ireland in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Meja at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Meja by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Meja at a glance

Meja by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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