Meda

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Meda: Recorded since 2004, it reached #539 in 2009, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#539highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#4598
2005	#4798
2006	#3116
2007	#2410
2008	#2292
2009	#2535
2010	#3156
2011	#4764
2012	#2969
2013	#2176
2014	#4003
2015	#3615
2016	#2367
2017	#4763
2018	#2499
2019	#4001
2020	#3447
2023	#5687
2024	#4843

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

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 19 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

In 2020: #834 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3447 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #4598 among girls in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2006–2020
Highest recorded position: #539 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2009 (recorded 2006–2020).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Meda appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 19 years beginning in 2004, and has registered 125 births with the name.

Meda across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Meda's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#4598 (2004)	#2176 (2013)	#4843 (2024)	19 of 21	125 (2004–2024)	12 (2013)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#764 (2006)	#539 (2009)	#834 (2020)	6 of 15	24 (2006–2020)	7 (2009)

Meda 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 Meda in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	40	6 of 10	7
2010s	72	10 of 10	7
2020s	13	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Meda 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 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #539 in Republic of Ireland in 2009.

Meda'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#539	7	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	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 2004 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #539, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 2 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.

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.

Meara · #328, 8y
Meave · #300, 17y
Medeea · #555, 12y
Medi · #1870, 23y

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.

Kotryna · #539, 18y
Avleen · #541, 22y
Ishbel · #541, 21y
Kendrick · #541, 22y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Kotryna · #539, 18y
Muntaha · #539, 25y
Avleen · #541, 22y
Evalyn · #541, 22y

Meda was ranked #539 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2009. 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.

Meda 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 Meda without appearing here.

Meda moved ahead of

Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2367 and #5785.
Jeanette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4764 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2969 and #5876.
Carol Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2499 and #4684.
Jayden Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4764 and #3549 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2176 and #3536.

Moved ahead of Meda

Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3447 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2346.
Maren Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3447 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2927.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2176 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #1628.
Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2367 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2502.

Moved the opposite way to Meda

Meabh Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meda went from #3116 to #4843 while Meabh went from #2781 to #952.
Blake Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meda went from #2410 to #4843 while Blake went from #5201 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meda went from #2292 to #4843 while Ezra went from #3397 to #1302.
Finlay Compare
Between 2004 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Meda went from #4598 to #2499 while Finlay went from #1952 to #4684.

Moved the same way as Meda

Evan Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meda went from #3116 to #4843 and Evan from #3548 to #5891.
Teddy Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meda went from #2176 to #4843 and Teddy from #2460 to #5891.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #539 in Republic of Ireland in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Meda

Meda at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Meda across 2 official records

Meda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Meda appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Meda

Meda and the names beside it

Meda moved ahead of

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Meda at a glance

Meda across 2 official records

Meda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Meda appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Meda

Meda and the names beside it

Meda moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Meda

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