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Meena

Girls' name · Millennial-era · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~1,600 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#3,712 among girls
Births in 2025
40 1,592 since 1880
Typical age
19 years, median

Meena popularity over time

Meena rank by birth year, 1965–2025Meena ranked #5,817 in 1965 and #3,712 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #3,047, in 2023.#10,000#3,712197019801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1965–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Meena was used most in 2008, when 54 babies were given the name. The name does not appear in the data until 1965. In 2025 it ranked #3,712 with 40 births.

Compared with 2015, births are up 54%. Year on year the rank improved by 327.

Babies named Meena per yearPeaks at 54 births in 2008.54 in 20080197019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Meena?

Roughly 1,600 Meenas are alive in the US right now.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Meena?

Median age among living Meenas: 19. The 2000s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Meena a millennial-era name.

Your Meena

Ages of living people named MeenaHalf of living Meenas are older than 19 and half younger.median 190204060
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Meena is most common

Meena is 2.0× as common in California as it is nationally.

Where Meena is used more than average1 states use the name Meena more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 2.0× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Meena is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
California 91 2.0×

Meena in England and Wales

ONS recorded 9 births named Meena in 2025, ranking it #2,788.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Meena comes from

Borrowed from Hindi मीना, from Sanskrit मीन (“fish, synonym of the patron deity Matsya”).

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Meena

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Meena Kumari Indian actress and poet 1933–1972 49
Meena Kandasamy Indian poet 1984 25
Meena Alexander poet, scholar, and writer 1951–2018 23
Meena Shah badminton player 1937–2015 9
Meena Ally media personality 1993 8
Meena Sharma Indian journalist 1984 8
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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