Mehan — unisex name
22 babies named Mehan in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
22 girls have been named Mehan since 1978, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1987.
- 22
- total births
- 1978–1987
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 77%
- born in that decade
77% of everyone ever named Mehan was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Mehan in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mehan
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Mehan between 1978 and 1987, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mehan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Mehan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 2015.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mehan performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Mehan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mehan 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 22 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.
Mehan at a glance
Last recorded 1987Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mehan popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1978
- Peak year (1986)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1987.
22 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 6 births in a single year.
Mehan popularity over time — boys
10 total births recorded since 2015 (Mehan as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Mehan accounts for 31% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mehan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 17 births that decade — 77% of Mehan's all-time total
Mehan decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Mehan's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 77% of all-time use.
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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, 1978–1987 (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.