Media is a rare variant of Meta that was most common in the 1890s and has all but disappeared.
Media is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1980. Media first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1898 (12 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 5 | — | #11,477 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | #8,634 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | #10,638 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | #5,864 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | #7,137 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | #7,879 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | #8,831 |
| 1969 | 12 | — | #4,339 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | #6,733 |
| 1967 | 9 | — | #4,850 |
| 1965 | 7 | — | #5,622 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | #5,664 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | #6,889 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #5,837 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | #4,489 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | #5,841 |
| 1946 | 7 | — | #4,281 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | #5,039 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | #3,997 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #4,821 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | #4,113 |
| 1935 | 6 | — | #4,072 |
| 1934 | 7 | — | #3,692 |
| 1930 | 6 | — | #4,387 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #4,665 |
| 1925 | 7 | — | #4,300 |
| 1924 | 11 | — | #3,091 |
| 1922 | 8 | — | #3,895 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | #4,303 |
| 1920 | 9 | — | #3,518 |
| 1919 | 11 | — | #2,938 |
| 1918 | 10 | — | #3,167 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | #3,974 |
| 1916 | 12 | — | #2,605 |
| 1915 | 12 | — | #2,490 |
| 1914 | 9 | — | #2,561 |
| 1913 | 9 | — | #2,274 |
| 1912 | 10 | — | #1,935 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | #2,066 |
| 1909 | 9 | — | #1,558 |
| 1908 | 7 | — | #1,789 |
| 1907 | 7 | — | #1,752 |
| 1905 | 7 | — | #1,646 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | #2,074 |
| 1902 | 7 | — | #1,541 |
| 1901 | 10 | — | #1,110 |
| 1900 | 8 | — | #1,520 |
| 1898 | 12 | — | #1,033 |
| 1897 | 6 | — | #1,492 |
| 1896 | 10 | — | #1,095 |
| 1895 | 8 | — | #1,263 |
| 1893 | 7 | — | #1,255 |
| 1892 | 9 | — | #1,063 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | #1,464 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | #1,466 |
| 1889 | 8 | — | #1,001 |
| 1888 | 6 | — | #1,238 |
| 1886 | 9 | — | #808 |
| 1885 | 8 | — | #830 |
| 1884 | 5 | — | #1,112 |
| 1883 | 6 | — | #888 |
| 1880 | 8 | — | #661 |