Meesha — #11264 US girls' name
358 babies named Meesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 36% of names given to girls today.
26% of everyone ever named Meesha was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Meesha in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 358 babies named Meesha between 1969 and 2024, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meesha currently holds the #11264 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Meesha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Meesha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meesha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 358 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Meesha at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Meesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1969
- Peak year (1990)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
Currently ranks #11264 among girls.
358 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 21 births in a single year.
Meesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 94 births that decade — 26% of Meesha's all-time total
Meesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 94 births
- Runner-up 84 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Meesha's strongest decade
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Meesha by state
Where Meesha concentrates geographically — total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 358 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1969–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.