Meshell — girls' name

What the Data Says About Meshell

The Social Security Administration has registered 497 babies named Meshell between 1958 and 2008, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meshell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Meshell performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 167 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Meshell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Meshell in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Meshell 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 497 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.