Girls' name · since 1914
Mescal
179 babies named Mescal in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,971 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 179
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Mescal sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 179 recorded since 1914.
Mescal has 179 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1948.
- #20,971 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 179 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mescal ranks #20,971 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 179 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #20,971 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 179
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Mescal's 179 recorded births place it above 70.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mescal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mescal's SSA record in two at 1926 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1914, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1924 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mescal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1948
- Peak year (1924)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Mescal by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (119 births, 66% of the file).
1920s was Mescal's strongest decade.
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Mescal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 20
1910s
20 births
- 1920s
1920s
119 births
- 1930s 28
1930s
28 births
- 1940s 12
1940s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 119 births (66% of all-time use).
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- Mescal's decade-level peak was the 1920s (119 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Mescal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1924)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1914–1948 (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 Mescal 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.