Meshell
#11,079 most common girls' name of all time · #18,382 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1958–2008
Rank among girls
#11,079
Rank overall
#18,382 of 105,966
First appeared
1958
Years on the list
44 of 146
All-time
497
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1966 #1,978
Best rank
#1,978 1966
Girls
Boys
peak 35/yr
Meshell first appears in 1958. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,914 |
| 2006 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,858 |
| 2000 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,427 |
| 1999 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,878 |
| 1998 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,567 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,087 |
| 1996 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,009 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,276 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,893 |
| 1993 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,159 |
| 1992 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,781 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,183 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1989 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,045 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,765 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,120 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,460 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,638 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,546 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,392 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,085 |
| 1981 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,082 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,941 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,411 |
| 1978 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,817 |
| 1977 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,108 |
| 1976 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,507 |
| 1975 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,721 |
| 1974 | 19 | — | 19 | #3,521 |
| 1973 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,844 |
| 1971 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,856 |
| 1970 | 27 | — | 27 | #2,696 |
| 1969 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,905 |
| 1968 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,162 |
| 1967 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,957 |
| 1966 | 35 | — | 35 | #1,978 |
| 1965 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,146 |
| 1964 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,400 |
| 1963 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,244 |
| 1962 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,285 |
| 1961 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,002 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,760 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,084 |