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Meta

German, Scandinavian and Slovene short form of Margaret.

PronunciationGerman /ˈmeː.ta/
Usage languagesDanish, Dutch, Estonian, German, Latvian, Slovene, Swedish
US rank (2021)#9,562

Meaning and history

Meta is a German, Scandinavian, and Slovene short form of Margaret.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20022002: no US SSA record for this spelling
2003: no US SSA record for this spelling
2004: no US SSA record for this spelling
2005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: 11 births, rank #9,901
20072007: 10 births, rank #10,818
2008: 9 births, rank #11,599
2009: 5 births, rank #17,294
2010: no US SSA record for this spelling
2011: 8 births, rank #12,153
20122012: 9 births, rank #11,257
2013: no US SSA record for this spelling
2014: 14 births, rank #8,053
2015: no US SSA record for this spelling
2016: 10 births, rank #10,113
20172017: no US SSA record for this spelling
2018: 13 births, rank #8,146
2019: 6 births, rank #13,799
2020: 5 births, rank #15,088
20212021: 10 births, rank #9,562

Meta moved from #906 to #979 for girls between 1926 and 1928. Its highest annual birth count came in 1892, with 127 births.

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