Mesha
Mesha is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 198055 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1963
- 1,187people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,187 girls have been named Mesha in the United States since 1963, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 55 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 55 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 1980s alone account for 31%.
By decade
In 1980, its biggest year
Mesha was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1980 were Jennifer, Amanda, Jessica, Melissa and Sarah. See all of 1980.
Names that rose and fell with Mesha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tanishapeak 1982
- Lashawnapeak 1982
- Erinnpeak 1990
- Nichollepeak 1994
- Griceldapeak 1983
- Shannahpeak 1978
- Nicolepeak 1985
- Shantellpeak 1987
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.