Girls' name · since 1968
Meshawn
Since 1968, U.S. Social Security records show 102 babies named Meshawn, peaking in 1990. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 102
- total births
- 1968–1991
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
Meshawn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 102 recorded since 1968.
Meshawn has 102 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 1991.
- 102 total births
- 1968–1991 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 40% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Meshawn's 102 recorded births place it above 63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Meshawn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Meshawn's full recorded timeline at 1979, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Meshawn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1991
- Peak year (1990)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Meshawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Meshawn's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Meshawn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 14
1960s
14 births
- 1970s
1970s
41 births
- 1980s
1980s
31 births
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 41 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Meshawn's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (41 total births) through the 1990s (16) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1968–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Meshawn: Baby Name Since 1968 - 102 Births, Peak 1990." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/meshawn. 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 Meshawn 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.