How rare is the name Meena?

4,894 people in the United States have the first name Meena, about 1 in 61,715. It ranks #3,978 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MEENA

#3,978

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,894
About
1 in 61,715
This common or more
83.4%
Who bears it

Of the 4,894 people named Meena, 76.3% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 10.1% as White and 7.6% as two or more races. 98.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Meena peaked in 2008, when 54 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19652025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
54
In 2025*
40 ▼26%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,592 babies have been given the name since 1965. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Meena by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #6,057. The largest share of babies named Meena, 38.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#12,79717
1970s#7,607115
1980s#7,532155
1990s#7,200236
2000s#6,057419
2010s#6,652392
2020s#6,235258
Generation X 1965–809.1%
Millennials 1981–9618.9%
Generation Z 1997–1238.3%
2013 and later33.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Meena

#3,976 Jayna · 4,895#3,976 Sydni · 4,895#3,979 Everette · 4,891#3,980 Caleigh · 4,890

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Meena, most common first.

#6,317 Mena · 2,554#17,356 Meenu · 637#27,410 Menna · 334#29,024 Meina · 307

Also a last name

As a last name, Meena ranks #78,629 of 156,621, with 262 people. See Meena as a last name

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