Girls' name · since 1984
Maysha
Since 1984, U.S. Social Security records show 11 babies named Maysha, peaking in 1984. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 11
- total births
- 1984–2002
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
11 girls have been named Maysha since 1984, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Maysha has 11 recorded births among girls since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2002.
- 11 total births
- 1984–2002 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 55% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Maysha's 11 recorded births place it above 25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maysha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maysha's full recorded timeline at 2002, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1984 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maysha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2002
- Peak year (1984)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Maysha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Maysha's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Maysha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Maysha's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 2000s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1984–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Maysha: Baby Name Since 1984 - 11 Births, Peak 1984." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/maysha. 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 Maysha 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.