Girls' name · since 1985
Mehwish
Since 1985, U.S. Social Security records show 78 babies named Mehwish, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #29,934 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,677 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 78
- born since 1985
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mehwish currently ranks #13677 among girls' names in America, with 78 babies recorded since 1985.
Social Security Administration records show Mehwish recorded 78 times among girls since 1985, holding rank #13677 nationally today, ahead of 21% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2025.
- #29,934 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,677 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 78 born since 1985
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mehwish ranks #29,934 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,677 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 78 born since 1985, peaking in the 2020s.
- #29,934 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,677 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 78
- born since 1985
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mehwish's 78 recorded births place it above 58.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mehwish compares
78 21st 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
Mehwish's all-time total is 79% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mehwish | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 78 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mehwish's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mehwish's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1985, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mehwish popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Mehwish by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (27 births, 35% of the file).
2020s was Mehwish's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Mehwish births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
17 births
- 1990s
1990s
13 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 27 births (35% of all-time use).
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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, 1985–2025 (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 Mehwish 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.