Megha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAY-guh
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Megha is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “cloud”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Megha mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit megha
“cloud”
Sanskrit for a rain cloud; Kalidasa's classical poem Meghaduta is The Cloud Messenger.
Is Megha a girl's or a boy's name?
Megha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Megha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Megha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Megha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Megha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Megha, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2001, with 75 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Megha than any year since 1984.
Half of all the girls named Megha in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Megha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,342 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 39 | #3,943 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 37 | #3,991 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,025 |
| 2004 | 47 | #3,220 |
| 2003 | 40 | #3,528 |
| 2002 | 48 | #3,010 |
| 2001 | 75 | #2,167 |
| 2000 | 52 | #2,773 |
| 1999 | 50 | #2,734 |
| 1998 | 39 | #3,170 |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,362 |
| 1996 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 19 | #4,992 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,805 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
Names like Megha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maya Keira Isha Hana Kiara Anya Priya Krisha Arya Aisha Prisha Sienna
Names related to Megha
More Sanskrit names
Bodhi Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Shivansh
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, “Megha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/megha, updated 20 October 2026.