# Medha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/medha/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “wisdom”, “intelligence” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 933 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 933 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 56, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मेधा (medhā, “wisdom, intelligence”).

## What it means

Medha is grouped under wise.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 64 | 2,754 |
| 2012 | 50 | 3,303 |
| 2013 | 42 | 3,682 |
| 2014 | 38 | 3,976 |
| 2015 | 29 | 4,820 |
| 2016 | 34 | 4,321 |
| 2017 | 28 | 4,887 |
| 2018 | 25 | 5,277 |
| 2019 | 17 | 6,933 |
| 2020 | 28 | 4,715 |
| 2021 | 20 | 6,093 |
| 2022 | 26 | 5,124 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7,521 |
| 2024 | 22 | 5,735 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6,739 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: मेधा

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.