UK girl's name
Medeea
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Medeea is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Medeea popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #1230, with 27 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2022, with 43 births.
This profile covers 256 England and Wales registrations across 12 recorded years from 2011 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 63% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 258 living people in the UK are called Medeea. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Medeea ranked #1230 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 27 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2022, when 43 girls were registered as Medeea.
- • Medeea ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #760 in 2022.
- • About 258 living people in the UK are estimated to have Medeea as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#1230
2024
Births in 2024
27
Latest year
Peak year
2022
43 births
Estimated living
258
2026
Popularity
Medeea over time
The chart below shows babies named Medeea registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2011 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Medeea, the clearest high point is 2022. The latest England and Wales figure is 27 births in 2024, compared with 43 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Medeea by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Medeea was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #1051 | 169 | 5 |
| 2010s | #3153 | 87 | 7 |
Geography
Where Medeea is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Medeea. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Medeea ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #760 in 2022.
Across the UK
Medeea in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#760 in 2022
1 years of NRS records, 3 total registered
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FAQ
Medeea: questions and answers
How popular is the name Medeea in the UK right now?
In 2024, Medeea was ranked #1230 for girls in England and Wales, with 27 births registered.
When was Medeea most popular?
The peak year on record was 2022, with 43 babies registered as Medeea in England and Wales.
How many people are called Medeea in the UK?
A total of 256 babies have been registered as Medeea across the 12 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 3 more in Scotland.
Where is Medeea most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Medeea ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #760 in 2022. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.