Medha
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Medha is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “wisdom, intelligence”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Medha mean?
Sanskrit
“wisdom, intelligence”
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Medha a girl's or a boy's name?
Medha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Medha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Medha, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Medha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Medha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
How popular is Medha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Medha, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 64 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Medha in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Medha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,249 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2013 | 42 | #3,643 |
| 2012 | 50 | #3,266 |
| 2011 | 64 | #2,724 |
| 2010 | 54 | #3,074 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,999 |
| 2008 | 41 | #3,858 |
| 2007 | 47 | #3,481 |
| 2006 | 37 | #3,991 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 50 | #3,067 |
| 2003 | 35 | #3,865 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
Names like Medha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha Arya Maya Isha Viha Krisha Aadhya Anaya Aarya Raya Navya Nishtha
Names related to Medha
More Sanskrit names
Bodhi Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Shivansh Veer
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, “Medha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/medha, updated 20 October 2026.