Meena
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,711 for girls
Meena is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 3,711th for girls in the US (40 babies).
What does Meena mean?
Sanskrit
A female given name from Sanskrit.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Meena a girl's or a boy's name?
Meena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 40 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Meena in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Meena, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Meena in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were given Meena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,359, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
- Menna 11
- Meena 9
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Meena in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,564 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Meena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,711th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 40 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 40 girls in the US were named Meena, making it the 3,711th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,734th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 54 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965.
Half of all the girls named Meena in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 49 girls in the US were given Meena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,594, up from #3,711 for this spelling alone.
- Meena 40
- Menna 9
Meena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,711 |
| 2024 | 36 | #4,038 |
| 2023 | 54 | #3,047 |
| 2022 | 46 | #3,415 |
| 2021 | 43 | #3,552 |
| 2020 | 39 | #3,734 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,071 |
| 2018 | 47 | #3,345 |
| 2017 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2016 | 45 | #3,464 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 41 | #3,717 |
| 2013 | 42 | #3,643 |
| 2012 | 40 | #3,853 |
| 2011 | 36 | #4,071 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,022 |
| 2009 | 41 | #3,799 |
| 2008 | 54 | #3,119 |
| 2007 | 41 | #3,847 |
| 2006 | 50 | #3,263 |
| 2005 | 42 | #3,505 |
| 2004 | 49 | #3,123 |
| 2003 | 40 | #3,528 |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,519 |
| 2001 | 32 | #3,936 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,084 |
| 1998 | 30 | #3,828 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,699 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,800 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,637 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
Names like Meena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Maya, Hafsa, Zainab, Hiba, Summer, Khadija, Amira, Ayla, Aaliyah, Huda, Maha
Other spellings of Meena
Names related to Meena
More Sanskrit names
Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena
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, “Meena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meena, updated 20 October 2026.