Meshach
#6,743 most common boys' name of all time · #16,894 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1977–2025
Rank among boys
#6,743
Rank overall
#16,894 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
42 of 146
All-time
572
Since 2016
101
Peak year
1994 #2,434
Best rank
#2,434 1994
Girls
Boys
peak 32/yr
Meshach first appears in 1977. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,972 |
| 2024 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,293 |
| 2022 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,231 |
| 2021 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,462 |
| 2020 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,283 |
| 2019 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,431 |
| 2018 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,860 |
| 2017 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,842 |
| 2016 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,027 |
| 2015 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,120 |
| 2014 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,041 |
| 2013 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,348 |
| 2011 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,720 |
| 2010 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,151 |
| 2009 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,981 |
| 2008 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,909 |
| 2007 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,534 |
| 2006 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,662 |
| 2005 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,710 |
| 2004 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,712 |
| 2003 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,934 |
| 2002 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,034 |
| 2001 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,217 |
| 2000 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,747 |
| 1999 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,286 |
| 1998 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,332 |
| 1997 | — | 23 | 23 | #3,229 |
| 1996 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,813 |
| 1995 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,996 |
| 1994 | — | 32 | 32 | #2,434 |
| 1993 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,852 |
| 1992 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,980 |
| 1991 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1990 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,440 |
| 1989 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,220 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,919 |
| 1986 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,214 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,212 |
| 1984 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,894 |
| 1982 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1980 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,423 |
| 1977 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,579 |