Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Metta

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1924

Peak era

1924

Peak births

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19242025

Quick answers about Metta

An estimated 273 living Americans are named Metta.

Metta fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

The median age of a living American named Metta is approximately 57 years, with most bearers falling between 13 and 77 years old.

Not especially. Metta has been declining since its 1924 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Peak year

1924

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

1,123

Metta last appeared in SSA records in 2021. Across its recorded history, about 1,123 American girls received the name.

Metta peaked in 1924, when 25 girls were given the name.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 1,123 Americans named Metta since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1924

Living profile

273

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age57

Core range13–77

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Glacier

A long-duration classic distributed across many generations.