Girls' name · since 1975
Masheka
23 babies named Masheka in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 23
- total births
- 1975–1979
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
23 girls have been named Masheka since 1975, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Masheka has been recorded 23 times among girls since 1975, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1979.
- 23 total births
- 1975–1979 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Masheka's 23 recorded births place it above 39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Masheka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Masheka's full recorded timeline at 1978, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Masheka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1979
- Peak year (1979)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Masheka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Masheka's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Masheka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 23 births (100% of all-time use).
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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, 1975–1979 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Masheka: Baby Name Since 1975 - 23 Births, Peak 1979." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/masheka. 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 Masheka 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.