Meshulem — #10226 US boys' name
127 babies named Meshulem in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 28% of names given to boys today.
48% of everyone ever named Meshulem was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Meshulem in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meshulem
The Social Security Administration has registered 127 babies named Meshulem between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Meshulem currently holds the #10226 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meshulem performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Meshulem shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 56 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Meshulem in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meshulem 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 127 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.
Meshulem at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Meshulem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (2015)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #10226 among boys.
127 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 12 births in a single year.
Meshulem by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 61 births that decade — 48% of Meshulem's all-time total
Meshulem decade highlights
- Peak decade 61 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Meshulem's strongest decade
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Meshulem by state
Where Meshulem concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 56 | 44.1% |
56 of 127 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 44.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 44.1% 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, 1991–2024 (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.