Mikeshia — girls' name
59 babies named Mikeshia in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
59 girls have been named Mikeshia since 1987, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1995.
- 59
- total births
- 1987–1995
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 76%
- born in that decade
76% of everyone ever named Mikeshia was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Mikeshia in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mikeshia
The Social Security Administration has registered 59 babies named Mikeshia between 1987 and 1995, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mikeshia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mikeshia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Mikeshia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mikeshia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mikeshia 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 59 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.
Mikeshia at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mikeshia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1987
- Peak year (1994)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
59 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 18 births in a single year.
Mikeshia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 45 births that decade — 76% of Mikeshia's all-time total
Mikeshia decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 14 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Mikeshia's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 76% of all-time use.
Mikeshia by state
Where Mikeshia concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 5 | 8.5% |
5 of 59 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 8.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 8.5% 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, 1987–1995 (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.