Meshelle — girls' name
310 babies named Meshelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1966. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Meshelle was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Meshelle in 1966 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meshelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 310 babies named Meshelle between 1954 and 1997, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meshelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meshelle performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Meshelle 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 . In total, SSA state-level files list Meshelle in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meshelle 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 310 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.
Meshelle at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Meshelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1954
- Peak year (1966)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
310 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1966 with 22 births in a single year.
Meshelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 118 births that decade — 38% of Meshelle's all-time total
Meshelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 118 births
- Runner-up 109 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Meshelle's strongest decade
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Meshelle by state
Where Meshelle concentrates geographically — total births since 1954
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.6% |
5 of 310 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1954–1997 (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.