Meshal — boys' name
51 babies named Meshal in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
51 boys have been named Meshal since 2009, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2022.
- 51
- total births
- 2009–2022
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 80%
- born in that decade
80% of everyone ever named Meshal was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Meshal in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meshal
The Social Security Administration has registered 51 babies named Meshal between 2009 and 2022, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Meshal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meshal performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Meshal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meshal in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 51 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Meshal at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Meshal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2009
- Peak year (2016)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
51 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 9 births in a single year.
Meshal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 41 births that decade — 80% of Meshal's all-time total
Meshal decade highlights
- Peak decade 41 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Meshal's strongest decade
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 80% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2009–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.