Girls' name · since 1951
Masha
Masha has 571 recorded births since 1951 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,887 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,897 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 571
- born since 1951
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Masha is the #6897 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 571 recorded since 1951.
Social Security Administration records show Masha recorded 571 times among girls since 1951, holding rank #6897 nationally today, ahead of 60% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 2025.
- #10,887 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,897 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 571 born since 1951
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Masha ranks #10,887 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,897 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 571 born since 1951, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,887 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,897 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 571
- born since 1951
- 2020s
- peak decade
Masha's 571 recorded births place it above 84.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Masha compares
571 Top 43% higher than 57% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Masha's all-time total is 52% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Masha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 571 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 21 | 19,840 |
Masha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Masha's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 68% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 32%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 33, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Masha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Masha by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (150 births, 26% of the file).
2020s was Masha's strongest decade.
150 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Masha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 8
1960s
8 births
- 1970s 42
1970s
42 births
- 1980s 55
1980s
55 births
- 1990s
1990s
73 births
- 2000s
2000s
97 births
- 2010s
2010s
140 births
- 2020s
2020s
150 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 150 births (26% of all-time use).
How Masha compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Masha's total volume
Masha by state
Where Masha concentrates geographically, total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 26 | 4.6% |
| #2 | California | | 10 | 1.8% |
26 of 571 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- New York records the most Mashas (26 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Masha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~74 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, 1951–2025 (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 Masha 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.