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Mena Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Mena?

In 2018 the rare name Mena, ranked the 4,395th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Mena is currently less popular.

Position 808, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1880.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 2008 with 65 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Mena was less than 5, most recently in 1964.

Mena, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1995-1998, and 1999-2008, whereas 2008-2012, and 2014-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Mena has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

The popularity trend for Mena has been moving upward for a while. however, the number of children named Mena lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Mena?

Mena's popularity is at a mid point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Mena is very unique and has recently started to drift downward in popularity.

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   Mena (Girl)Mena (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 32 4,395 < 5 --
2017 17 6,982 < 5 --
2016 28 4,929 7 10,353
2015 28 4,926 9 8,462
2014 40 3,824 5 13,353
2013 45 3,503 6 11,672
2012 31 4,668 10 7,930
2011 38 3,979 6 11,781
2010 45 3,553 < 5 --
2009 51 3,277 6 11,956
2008 65 2,791 7 10,638
2007 45 3,639 6 11,863
2006 38 3,970 6 11,571
2005 44 3,445 5 12,699
2004 27 4,895 < 5 --
2003 34 4,004 < 5 --
2002 35 3,779 < 5 --
2001 23 5,118 5 11,719
2000 26 4,621 < 5 --
1999 12 8,044 7 8,422
1998 22 4,891 < 5 --
1997 12 7,589 < 5 --
1996 16 5,970 7 7,696
1995 14 6,500 < 5 --
1994 15 6,208 < 5 --
1993 18 5,361 < 5 --
1992 8 10,114 8 6,489
1991 8 9,917 < 5 --
1990 7 10,957 9 5,665
1989 10 7,830 10 5,053
1988 14 5,795 16 3,300
1987 10 7,148 5 7,733
1986 8 8,220 6 6,446
1985 9 7,344 7 5,550
1984 7 8,775 8 4,833
1983 7 8,647 < 5 --
1982 10 6,679 < 5 --
1981 10 6,638 < 5 --
1980 10 6,602 < 5 --
1979 8 7,756 < 5 --
1978 7 8,205 < 5 --
1977 6 9,214 < 5 --
1976 9 6,399 < 5 --
1975 6 8,655 < 5 --
1974 11 5,223 < 5 --
1973 11 5,083 < 5 --
1972 9 5,766 < 5 --
1971 10 5,367 < 5 --
1970 10 5,286 < 5 --
1969 5 8,224 < 5 --
1968 5 7,771 < 5 --
1967 5 7,485 < 5 --
1966 6 6,305 < 5 --
1965 8 5,138 < 5 --
1964 < 5 -- < 5 --
1963 6 6,347 < 5 --
1962 5 7,223 < 5 --
1961 < 5 -- < 5 --
1960 6 6,157 < 5 --
1959 11 3,961 < 5 --
1958 < 5 -- < 5 --
1957 < 5 -- < 5 --
1956 5 6,571 < 5 --
1955 6 5,634 < 5 --
1954 8 4,530 < 5 --
1953 7 4,884 < 5 --
1952 8 4,365 < 5 --
1951 5 5,954 < 5 --
1950 6 5,100 < 5 --
1949 6 5,064 < 5 --
1948 < 5 -- < 5 --
1947 5 5,851 < 5 --
1946 < 5 -- < 5 --
1945 < 5 -- < 5 --
1944 < 5 -- < 5 --
1943 5 5,135 < 5 --
1942 < 5 -- < 5 --
1941 8 3,455 < 5 --
1940 < 5 -- < 5 --
1939 < 5 -- < 5 --
1938 < 5 -- < 5 --
1937 < 5 -- < 5 --
1936 < 5 -- < 5 --
1935 7 3,643 < 5 --
1934 5 4,759 < 5 --
1933 < 5 -- < 5 --
1932 6 4,251 < 5 --
1931 7 3,741 < 5 --
1930 9 3,244 < 5 --
1929 < 5 -- < 5 --
1928 < 5 -- < 5 --
1927 6 4,636 < 5 --
1926 12 2,826 < 5 --
1925 5 5,523 < 5 --
1924 < 5 -- < 5 --
1923 10 3,285 < 5 --
1922 12 2,906 < 5 --
1921 12 2,885 < 5 --
1920 12 2,837 < 5 --
1919 9 3,379 < 5 --
1918 11 2,954 < 5 --
1917 9 3,275 < 5 --
1916 < 5 -- < 5 --
1915 10 2,836 < 5 --
1914 8 2,794 < 5 --
1913 < 5 -- < 5 --
1912 6 2,857 < 5 --
1911 < 5 -- < 5 --
1910 7 2,068 < 5 --
1909 < 5 -- < 5 --
1908 < 5 -- < 5 --
1907 < 5 -- < 5 --
1906 < 5 -- < 5 --
1905 6 1,848 < 5 --
1904 < 5 -- < 5 --
1903 < 5 -- < 5 --
1902 < 5 -- < 5 --
1901 < 5 -- < 5 --
1900 < 5 -- < 5 --
1899 5 1,762 < 5 --
1898 6 1,633 < 5 --
1897 < 5 -- < 5 --
1896 < 5 -- < 5 --
1895 < 5 -- < 5 --
1894 < 5 -- < 5 --
1893 5 1,583 < 5 --
1892 7 1,234 < 5 --
1891 6 1,294 < 5 --
1890 8 1,067 < 5 --
1889 5 1,415 < 5 --
1888 < 5 -- < 5 --
1887 8 917 < 5 --
1886 5 1,221 < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 6 808 < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.