Girls' name · since 1998

Mashaya

11 babies named Mashaya in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

11
total births
1998–2004
years on record
2000s
peak decade
55%
born in that decade

Mashaya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 11 recorded since 1998.

Mashaya has 11 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2004.

  • 11 total births
  • 1998–2004 years on record
  • 2000s peak decade
  • 55% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Mashaya's 11 recorded births place it above 25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Mashaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Mashaya splits its recorded history at 2004: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Mashaya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2004

Last recorded 2004
Peak year (2004)
6
Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
4.555.566.5 19982004 6

Mashaya by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

2000s was Mashaya's strongest decade.

6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.

Mashaya births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Mashaya?
Mashaya has been given to 11 babies in the U.S. since 1998, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2004. 6 babies were born in 2004, its single highest year.
When was Mashaya most popular?
Mashaya was most popular in the 2000s decade with 6 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
How long has the name Mashaya been used?
The SSA has tracked Mashaya since 1998 -- 7 years through the most recent 2004 data.
What names are similar to Mashaya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mason, Masako, Massiel, Masyn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of July 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, 1998–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac. "Mashaya: Baby Name Since 1998 - 11 Births, Peak 2004." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mashaya. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Mashaya 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 July 2026.