Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Mesha

#6,288 most common girls' name of all time · #10,613 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1963–2018

Rank among girls
#6,288
Rank overall
#10,613 of 105,966
First appeared
1963
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
1,187
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1980 #1,953
Best rank
#1,953 1980
Girls Boys peak 55/yr
19802000

Mesha first appears in 1963. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2018 5 — 5 #16,097
2014 5 — 5 #16,983
2012 8 — 8 #12,440
2011 5 — 5 #17,227
2010 7 — 7 #13,733
2009 9 — 9 #11,668
2008 13 — 13 #9,077
2007 8 — 8 #12,914
2006 13 — 13 #8,851
2005 15 — 15 #7,600
2004 12 — 12 #8,856
2003 6 — 6 #14,219
2002 12 — 12 #8,409
2001 12 — 12 #8,335
2000 18 — 18 #6,033
1999 8 — 8 #10,608
1998 22 — 22 #4,857
1997 22 — 22 #4,719
1996 23 — 23 #4,505
1995 18 — 18 #5,311
1994 35 — 35 #3,269
1993 36 — 36 #3,190
1992 36 — 36 #3,178
1991 38 — 38 #3,015
1990 50 — 50 #2,452
1989 40 — 40 #2,793
1988 29 — 29 #3,352
1987 37 — 37 #2,698
1986 22 — 22 #3,840
1985 27 — 27 #3,293
1984 39 — 39 #2,449
1983 34 — 34 #2,639
1982 42 — 42 #2,356
1981 45 — 45 #2,254
1980 55 — 55 #1,953
1979 44 — 44 #2,244
1978 43 — 43 #2,183
1977 31 — 31 #2,699
1976 42 — 42 #2,090
1975 25 — 25 #2,947
1974 44 — 44 #1,957
1973 21 — 21 #3,211
1972 34 — 34 #2,266
1971 19 — 19 #3,494
1970 30 — 30 #2,518
1969 12 — 12 #4,392
1968 11 — 11 #4,456
1967 11 — 11 #4,284
1966 6 — 6 #6,435
1963 8 — 8 #5,289