girl's name

Mesha

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 1,244

Mesha is a girl's name. In 2018 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1980, when 55 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1963.

Mesha over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2018, not a full ten years.

370
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Mesha by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 48
1970s 333
1980s 370
1990s 288
2000s 118
2010s (to 2018) 30

How popular is Mesha?

In 2018, Mesha was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Mesha is used

England & Wales #6,591 3 in 2013
United States #16,133 5 in 2018

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Mesha

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Mesha also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Mesha over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Mesha

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Mesha — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Mesha

How popular is the name Mesha?

In 2018, Mesha was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Mesha a girl's or a boy's name?

Mesha is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Mesha most popular?

Mesha peaked in 1980, when 55 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.