Medeea

Medeea was the #1,315 girls' name in England & Wales in 2025 (24 babies).

Medeea as a girl’s name

  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
Medeea as a girl’s name, England & Wales, Scotland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.5197019801990200020102020England & Wales
Medeea as a girl’s name, England & Wales, Scotland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.5198020002020
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearEngland & WalesScotlandIreland
2025#1,315 (24)——
2024#1,230 (27)—#898 (3)
2023#1,288 (25)—#555 (6)
2022#826 (43)#760 (3)#559 (6)
2021#1,039 (33)—#883 (3)
2020#872 (41)——
2019#1,119 (30)——
2018#1,393 (23)——
2017#1,911 (15)——
2016#3,609 (6)——
2014#3,514 (6)——
2013#4,739 (4)——
2011#5,785 (3)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 2022 at #826.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in England & Wales in 2011.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby girls in the published England & Wales list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Medeea is likely to keep falling in England & Wales in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 7,900 to 1 in 17,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.