Meida

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Meida: Recorded since 2008, it reached #798 in 2011, and it stood at #5,581 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
14years from first to last
#798highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2008–2021

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#4524
2009	#5556
2012	#5876
2013	#5742
2014	#4684
2015	#4103
2016	#5785
2017	#4763
2018	#3985
2019	#2643
2020	#3447
2021	#5581

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 12 of the 14 years from 2008 to 2021.

In 2012: #907 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5876 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2008–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #4524 among girls in England and Wales in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2011–2012
Highest recorded position: #798 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2011 (recorded 2011–2012).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #5581 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Girls

Meida appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 12 years beginning in 2008, and has registered 52 births with the name.

Meida 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.

Meida'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	#4524 (2008)	#2643 (2019)	#5581 (2021)	12 of 14	52 (2008–2021)	9 (2019)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#798 (2011)	#798 (2011)	#907 (2012)	2 of 2	7 (2011–2012)	4 (2011)

Meida 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 Meida in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	7	2 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	36	8 of 10	5
2020s	9	2 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Meida 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 2008 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #798 in Republic of Ireland in 2011.

Meida'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
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	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 2008 and 2021, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #798, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 3 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.

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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.

Lilyrose · #798, 18y
Ezmae · #791, 17y
Aleeha · #790, 18y
Alyvia · #790, 15y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Lilla · #798, 21y
Lilyrose · #798, 18y
Aziah · #799, 16y
Aniya · #802, 23y

Meida was ranked #798 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2011. 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.

Meida 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 Meida without appearing here.

Meida moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3447 and #5493.
Evan Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3985 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #4686.
Geraldine Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #5666.
Kari Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Meida

Maren Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3447 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3519.
Tove Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #5765 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #2674.
Freddie Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3447 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #4634.
Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3447 and #2843.

What's not yet available

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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 2008 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #798 in Republic of Ireland in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Meida

Meida at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Meida across 2 official records

Meida by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Meida appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Meida

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Meida moved ahead of

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Meida at a glance

Meida across 2 official records

Meida by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Meida appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Meida

Meida and the names beside it

Meida moved ahead of

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