Medea
#18,181 most common girls' name of all time · #29,821 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1961–2008
Rank among girls
#18,181
Rank overall
#29,821 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
27 of 146
All-time
202
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1975 #4,511
Best rank
#4,281 1967
Girls
Boys
peak 14/yr
Medea first appears in 1961. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7 | — | 7 | #14,107 |
| 2006 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,480 |
| 2004 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,032 |
| 2003 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,608 |
| 2002 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,894 |
| 2000 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,076 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,924 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,580 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,875 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,131 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,557 |
| 1978 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,673 |
| 1977 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,130 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,860 |
| 1975 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,511 |
| 1974 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,049 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,439 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,928 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,087 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,702 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,360 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,767 |
| 1967 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,281 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,409 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,987 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,267 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,539 |