Girls' name · since 1972
Demesha
337 babies named Demesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,963 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 337
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
337 girls have been named Demesha since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Demesha has been recorded 337 times among girls since 1972, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2009.
- #14,963 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 337 born since 1972
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Demesha ranks #14,963 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 337 born since 1972, peaking in the 1990s.
- #14,963 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 337
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Demesha's 337 recorded births place it above 79.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Demesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Demesha splits its recorded history at 1990: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Demesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2009
- Peak year (1995)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Demesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (138 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Demesha's strongest decade.
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Demesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
60 births
- 1980s
1980s
95 births
- 1990s
1990s
138 births
- 2000s 44
2000s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 138 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Demesha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (138 total births); usage has since declined to 44 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Demesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1972–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Demesha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.