Mea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MEE-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Mea is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
Where does Mea come from?
Hebrew: variant of Mia, a pet form of Maria
Is Mea a girl's or a boy's name?
Mea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mea in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Mea, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 30 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Mea than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Mea in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,570 girls in the UK were given Mea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #26, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Mea in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 20 | #1,617 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,828 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 25 | #1,285 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,477 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 2005 | 23 | #1,172 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,293 |
| 2003 | 30 | #916 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,280 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
How popular is Mea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Mea, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 112 girls. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the girls named Mea in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 11,262 girls in the US were given Mea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #7, up from #6,545 for this spelling alone.
Mea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,342 |
| 2018 | 35 | #4,075 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,696 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 54 | #3,092 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,841 |
| 2013 | 79 | #2,326 |
| 2012 | 69 | #2,597 |
| 2011 | 62 | #2,795 |
| 2010 | 66 | #2,691 |
| 2009 | 62 | #2,825 |
| 2008 | 86 | #2,267 |
| 2007 | 94 | #2,134 |
| 2006 | 106 | #1,905 |
| 2005 | 112 | #1,754 |
| 2004 | 61 | #2,675 |
| 2003 | 73 | #2,298 |
| 2002 | 72 | #2,260 |
| 2001 | 34 | #3,781 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,624 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
Names like Mea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ava Noa Layla Maya Isabella Eden Eliana Sienna Myla Mila Zara Maisie
Other spellings of Mea
Names related to Mea
More Hebrew names
Noah Elijah James Jack Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie Levi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mea, updated 20 October 2026.