Girls' name · since 2018

Menorah

Since 2018, U.S. Social Security records show 38 babies named Menorah, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

38
total births
2018–2025
years on record
2020s
peak decade
84%
born in that decade

Menorah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 38 recorded since 2018.

Menorah has 38 recorded births among girls since 2018, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2025.

  • 38 total births
  • 2018–2025 years on record
  • 2020s peak decade
  • 84% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Menorah's 38 recorded births place it above 47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Menorah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Menorah's full recorded timeline at 2022, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2020, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Menorah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025

Last recorded 2025
Peak year (2023)
8
Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
456789 201820202021202220232025 8

Menorah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

2020s was Menorah's strongest decade.

32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.

Menorah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 32 births (84% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Menorah?
38 babies have been named Menorah since 2018. It was last recorded in 2025. The peak year was 2023 with 8 births.
When was Menorah most popular?
Menorah was most popular in the 2020s decade with 32 total births. The single peak year was 2023.
How long has the name Menorah been used?
The SSA has tracked Menorah since 2018 -- 8 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Menorah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mendy, Mena, Mennie, Menucha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2018–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

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

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NameAlmanac. "Menorah: Baby Name Since 2018 - 38 Births, Peak 2023." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/menorah. 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 Menorah 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.