Boys' name · since 1977
Mensah
Mensah has 38 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 38
- total births
- 1977–2016
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
Mensah is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 38 have been recorded since 1977.
Social Security Administration records show Mensah recorded 38 times among boys since 1977, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2016.
- 38 total births
- 1977–2016 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 42% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mensah's 38 recorded births place it above 47% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mensah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mensah's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 39% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 61%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1982, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1977 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mensah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2016
- Peak year (1977)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Mensah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Mensah's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Mensah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
16 births
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 16 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Mensah's decade-level peak was the 1970s (16 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1977–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mensah: Baby Name Since 1977 - 38 Births, Peak 1977." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mensah. 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 Mensah 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.