How Many People Are Named Meta?
people named Meta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 242,917 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,211 babies named Meta in Social Security records from 1880 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
127 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
German and Scandinavian short form of MARGARET.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Meta in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Meta alive today is about 60 years old, and 61% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 48 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Meta first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1892, to 127 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2021
🏆 Rank History
Meta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #217, in 1884.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #217 (1884) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #266 in the 1890s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Meta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Meta were born in New York than in any other state: about 40 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Meta was given 5.6 times as often in Wisconsin, 3 times in North Carolina and 2.6 times in Texas.
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