Girls' name · since 2020

Mehrish

Since 2020, U.S. Social Security records show 45 babies named Mehrish, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#36,245 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#8,334 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
45
born since 2020
2020s
peak decade

45 babies have been named Mehrish since 2020, making it today's #8334 girls' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mehrish has been recorded 45 times among girls since 2020, currently ranked #8334 nationally and more common than 52% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2020 to 2025.

  • #36,245 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #8,334 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 45 born since 2020
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mehrish ranks #36,245 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,334 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 45 born since 2020, peaking in the 2020s.

#36,245 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#8,334 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
45
born since 2020
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%51.8%
Mehrish vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Mehrish's 45 recorded births place it above 49.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.

How Mehrish compares

45 15th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Mehrish's all-time total is 88% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Mehrish Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 45 376 567,345
Peak-year births 13 21 19,840

Mehrish's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Mehrish's SSA record in two at 2023 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2020, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Mehrish popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
13
Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
468101214 20202022202320242025 13

Mehrish by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (45 births, 100% of the file).

2020s was Mehrish's strongest decade.

45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Mehrish births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 45 births (100% of all-time use).

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

Mehrish by state

Where Mehrish concentrates geographically, total births since 2020

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Mehrish
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
5 11.1%
New York share of Mehrish's total US births 11.1%

5 of 45 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Mehrish?
45 babies have been named Mehrish since 2020. All-time, it sits at #36,245 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #8,334 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2025 with 13 births.
Where does Mehrish sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mehrish ranks #36,245 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,334 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Mehrish most popular?
Mehrish was most popular in the 2020s decade with 45 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
Where is Mehrish most popular?
The top states for the name Mehrish are New York (5 births).
How long has the name Mehrish been used?
The SSA has tracked Mehrish since 2020 -- 6 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Mehrish?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Meher, Mehar, Mehreen, Mehgan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Mehrish's data

  • New York records the most Mehrishs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Mehrish: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 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, 2020–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

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

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 Mehrish 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 August 2026.