Medea is a very rare variant of Meta that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.
Medea is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2008. Medea was first reported in SSA data in 1961 and peaked in 1975 (14 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7 | 7 | #14,863 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | #16,457 |
| 2004 | 7 | 7 | #13,715 |
| 2003 | 9 | 9 | #11,003 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | #17,201 |
| 2000 | 7 | 7 | #12,668 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | #14,907 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | #9,900 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #11,338 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #11,612 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | #8,721 |
| 1978 | 9 | — | #6,729 |
| 1977 | 10 | — | #6,173 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | #5,863 |
| 1975 | 14 | — | #4,494 |
| 1974 | 9 | — | #6,056 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | #5,431 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | #9,105 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | #7,084 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | #8,830 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | #5,317 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | #7,763 |
| 1967 | 11 | — | #4,210 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | #6,302 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | #4,863 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | #5,152 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | #6,329 |