Metha

Girls' name

Variant of Meta

Metha has been given to 149 babies in the U.S. since 1886. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1920, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Metha, 1949

1 in 697,000

Metha over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Metha: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Meta

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Metha means

Metha is a variant of Meta.

Origin, language, and formation

Metha is used in Danish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Meta.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 149 girls were recorded with the name Metha between 1886 and 1949. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1920; its best national rank was #875 in 1886.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Metha?

Metha had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1949, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1949: 1 in 697,000; 5 of 3,484,085 births
Among girls only: 1 in 342,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1949: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 482,998 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Metha sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1949 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 482,998 children born in 1949 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Metha. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Methas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Metha was born before 1916 — so the typical Metha is around 109 today.

Median birth year: 1916; About 109 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 33.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 28.2%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 33.6% of all recorded uses (50).

Is Metha rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1920 (9)
Years since peak: 105; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 22.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #875; 1886

Spellings of Metha

Metha is not the most common spelling — Martha is, with 41.4% against Metha's 0.01%.

Martha41.4%551,741
Bertha15.6%207,870
Beth12.0%159,430
Meghan7.2%96,500
Etta3.2%43,268
Melba2.6%34,873
Letha1.4%19,137
Petra1.1%14,559

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Metha by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #875; 1886
Peak year: 1920; 9 that year
First recorded: 1886
Last recorded: 1949
All-time count: 149
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Metha

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Metzli Mette Yuktha Catha Rotha Datha Artha Ritha Eltha Aastha Bitha Metztli Metzi Metra Latha Netha Astha Renatha Ertha Natha Eutha Ortha Nishtha Litha

Sibling names for Metha

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Norine Vina Oleta Syble Adella Lavina Velda Alene

For a brother

Junius Dock Rupert Orin Hilton Casimir Edd Noble

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