Girls' name · since 1981
Menucha
641 babies named Menucha in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,093 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,703 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 641
- born since 1981
- 2010s
- peak decade
641 babies have been named Menucha since 1981, making it today's #4703 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Menucha has been recorded 641 times among girls since 1981, currently ranked #4703 nationally and more common than 73% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.
- #10,093 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,703 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 641 born since 1981
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Menucha ranks #10,093 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,703 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 641 born since 1981, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,093 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,703 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 641
- born since 1981
- 2010s
- peak decade
Menucha's 641 recorded births place it above 86.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Menucha compares
641 Top 40% higher than 60% of 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
Menucha's all-time total is 70% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Menucha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 641 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 21 | 19,840 |
Menucha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Menucha's full recorded timeline at 2007, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 33 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Menucha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Menucha by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (222 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Menucha's strongest decade.
222 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Menucha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 21
1980s
21 births
- 1990s 72
1990s
72 births
- 2000s
2000s
157 births
- 2010s
2010s
222 births
- 2020s
2020s
169 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 222 births (35% of all-time use).
How Menucha compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Menucha's total volume
Menucha by state
Where Menucha concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 265 | 41.3% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 17 | 2.7% |
| #3 | California | | 9 | 1.4% |
265 of 641 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Menucha's data
- Menucha's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (222 total births) through the 2020s (169) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Menuchas (265 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 Menucha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~44 yrs)
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, 1981–2025 (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 Menucha 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.