Meya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Meya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Meya come from?
Modern: modern variant of Maya or Mia
Is Meya a girl's or a boy's name?
Meya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Meya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Meya, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2009, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Meya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Meya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
How popular is Meya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Meya, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 62 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Meya in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2012 | 53 | #3,133 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,915 |
| 2010 | 34 | #4,305 |
| 2009 | 39 | #3,943 |
| 2008 | 53 | #3,157 |
| 2007 | 57 | #3,047 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,815 |
| 2005 | 51 | #3,077 |
| 2004 | 43 | #3,440 |
| 2003 | 35 | #3,865 |
| 2002 | 37 | #3,591 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
Names like Meya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Maya Hafsa Hiba Ayah Aaliyah Raya Summer Amaya Amira Anaya
Names related to Meya
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Oaklynn
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, “Meya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meya, updated 20 October 2026.