Meshilem — #7645 US boys' name
152 babies named Meshilem in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 46% of names given to boys today.
61% of everyone ever named Meshilem was born in this single decade.
33 babies were named Meshilem in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meshilem
The Social Security Administration has registered 152 babies named Meshilem between 2015 and 2024, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Meshilem currently holds the #7645 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 33 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meshilem performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Meshilem shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 59 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Meshilem in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meshilem 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 152 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.
Meshilem at a glance
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Current rank
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Meshilem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2015
- Peak year (2016)
- 33
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
Currently ranks #7645 among boys.
152 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 33 births in a single year.
Meshilem by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 93 births that decade — 61% of Meshilem's all-time total
Meshilem decade highlights
- Peak decade 93 births
- Runner-up 59 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Meshilem's strongest decade
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Meshilem by state
Where Meshilem concentrates geographically — total births since 2015
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 59 | 38.8% |
59 of 152 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 38.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 38.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 2015–2024 (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.