Mesha

Girl · recorded 1963–2018

  • 2018last recorded
  • 1980best year

Most popular in 1980.

Last recorded in 2018. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Mesha.

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Its story

Popularity since 1963

0173319631977199120042018

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 50 recorded years as a table
Mesha, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19634
19664
19677
19687
19697
197017
197111
197222
197314
197430
197517
197629
197720
197828
197927
198033
198127
198225
198320
198423
198516
198613
198721
198816
198922
199026
199120
199220
199320
199420
199510
199613
199713
199812
19995
200010
20017
20027
20033
20047
20058
20067
20074
20087
20095
20104
20113
20125
20143
20183

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Mesha isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2018
5
Rank in 2018
#15,682
How rare
1 in 340,214 girls
Since 1963
1,187

Mesha was last recorded in 2018. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1980, at 33 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Mesha doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.