Meta

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Meta: Recorded since 2009, it reached #868 in 2016, and it stood at #3,117 in 2020.

2registrars recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
12years from first to last
#868highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2009–2020

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2009	#5556
2010	#5707
2012	#5876
2013	#5742
2014	#3514
2015	#2496
2016	#4763
2017	#3583
2018	#3518
2020	#3117

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 10 of the 12 years from 2009 to 2020.

In 2016: #868 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4763 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2009–2020 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2009
First recorded at #5556 among girls in England and Wales in 2009 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #3117 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020.
England and Wales · Girls

Meta 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 Meta in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	41	8 of 10	5
2020s	7	1 of 10	7

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 →

Meta 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 2009 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #868 in Republic of Ireland in 2016.

Meta'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
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	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
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	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 2009 and 2020, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #868, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2016, 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 →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,117position in 2020, 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, 2015Under 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.

Dominyka · #868, 11y
Melani · #868, 13y
Molly-Mai · #868, 10y
Anays · #871, 10y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Dominyka · #868, 11y
Melani · #868, 13y
Molly-Mai · #868, 10y
Alfie-Jay · #866, 21y

Meta was ranked #868 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2016. 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.

Meta 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 Meta without appearing here.

Meta moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3518 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #5493.
Cooper Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3518 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #5493.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5876 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #5691.
Therese Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5876 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #5691.

Moved the opposite way to Meta

Abigail Compare
Between 2009 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Meta went from #5556 to #3117 while Abigail went from #36 to #87.
Aimee Compare
Between 2009 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Meta went from #5556 to #3117 while Aimee went from #70 to #749.
Alex Compare
Between 2009 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Meta went from #5556 to #3117 while Alex went from #495 to #1556.
Alexandra Compare
Between 2009 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Meta went from #5556 to #3117 while Alexandra went from #87 to #136.

Moved the same way as Meta

Ada Compare
Between 2009 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Meta went from #5556 to #3117 and Ada from #547 to #38.
Alice Compare
Between 2009 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Meta went from #5556 to #3117 and Alice from #50 to #27.
Alma Compare
Between 2009 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Meta went from #5556 to #3117 and Alma from #1105 to #304.
Amelia Compare
Between 2009 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Meta went from #5556 to #3117 and Amelia from #9 to #2.

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 2009 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #868 in Republic of Ireland in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

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