Meta
Girl · MAY-ta · Greek
Meta is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pearl”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Meta mean?
Greek: German and Scandinavian short form of Margaret
“pearl”
A German and Scandinavian short form of Margareta, much used in 19th-century northern Europe.
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Is Meta a girl's or a boy's name?
Meta is a girls' name.
How popular is Meta in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Meta in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meta in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
How popular is Meta in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1892, with 127 girls.
Half of all the girls named Meta in the US since 1880 were born between 1898 and 1940. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Meta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,236 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 23 | #3,052 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,341 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 17 | #3,650 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,311 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,317 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,056 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,868 |
| 1966 | 36 | #1,916 |
| 1965 | 32 | #2,064 |
| 1964 | 33 | #2,070 |
| 1963 | 37 | #1,921 |
| 1962 | 43 | #1,731 |
| 1961 | 47 | #1,639 |
| 1960 | 41 | #1,763 |
| 1959 | 42 | #1,694 |
| 1958 | 43 | #1,629 |
| 1957 | 42 | #1,651 |
| 1956 | 46 | #1,559 |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,690 |
| 1954 | 42 | #1,559 |
| 1953 | 69 | #1,163 |
| 1952 | 56 | #1,268 |
| 1951 | 36 | #1,582 |
| 1950 | 38 | #1,494 |
| 1949 | 34 | #1,602 |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,668 |
| 1947 | 34 | #1,632 |
| 1946 | 30 | #1,616 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,481 |
| 1944 | 31 | #1,454 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,078 |
| 1942 | 42 | #1,229 |
| 1941 | 47 | #1,065 |
| 1940 | 36 | #1,218 |
| 1939 | 38 | #1,179 |
| 1938 | 32 | #1,288 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,303 |
| 1936 | 46 | #1,022 |
| 1935 | 44 | #1,039 |
| 1934 | 37 | #1,166 |
| 1933 | 41 | #1,085 |
| 1932 | 43 | #1,082 |
| 1931 | 36 | #1,199 |
| 1930 | 43 | #1,128 |
| 1929 | 46 | #1,078 |
| 1928 | 58 | #974 |
| 1927 | 56 | #1,023 |
| 1926 | 68 | #903 |
| 1925 | 79 | #837 |
| 1924 | 76 | #861 |
| 1923 | 98 | #735 |
| 1922 | 81 | #808 |
| 1921 | 102 | #728 |
| 1920 | 92 | #757 |
| 1919 | 94 | #721 |
| 1918 | 117 | #653 |
| 1917 | 112 | #641 |
| 1916 | 122 | #612 |
| 1915 | 126 | #576 |
| 1914 | 99 | #566 |
| 1913 | 92 | #532 |
| 1912 | 85 | #525 |
| 1911 | 55 | #580 |
| 1910 | 48 | #604 |
| 1909 | 58 | #488 |
| 1908 | 67 | #440 |
| 1907 | 70 | #427 |
| 1906 | 82 | #376 |
| 1905 | 72 | #397 |
| 1904 | 62 | #407 |
| 1903 | 78 | #361 |
| 1902 | 83 | #349 |
| 1901 | 106 | #293 |
| 1900 | 96 | #340 |
| 1899 | 107 | #279 |
| 1898 | 100 | #314 |
| 1897 | 109 | #271 |
| 1896 | 122 | #257 |
| 1895 | 122 | #255 |
| 1894 | 93 | #287 |
| 1893 | 118 | #244 |
| 1892 | 127 | #230 |
| 1891 | 91 | #255 |
| 1890 | 115 | #227 |
| 1889 | 85 | #255 |
| 1888 | 99 | #232 |
| 1887 | 71 | #249 |
| 1886 | 77 | #233 |
| 1885 | 72 | #233 |
| 1884 | 76 | #216 |
| 1883 | 52 | #249 |
| 1882 | 51 | #242 |
| 1881 | 30 | #286 |
| 1880 | 37 | #253 |
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