Girls' name · since 1991

Misaki

265 babies named Misaki in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#17,041 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,595 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
265
born since 1991
2000s
peak decade

265 babies have been named Misaki since 1991, making it today's #15595 girls' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Misaki has been recorded 265 times among girls since 1991, currently ranked #15595 nationally and more common than 10% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.

  • #17,041 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #15,595 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 265 born since 1991
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Misaki ranks #17,041 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,595 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 265 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.

#17,041 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,595 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
265
born since 1991
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%9.8%
Misaki vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Misaki's 265 recorded births place it above 76.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.

How Misaki compares

265 42nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Misaki's all-time total is 30% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Misaki Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 265 376 567,345
Peak-year births 14 21 19,840

Misaki's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Misaki splits its recorded history at 2008: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1994 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Misaki popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2003)
14
Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
46810121416 19911997200220072012201720232025 5

Misaki by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (104 births, 39% of the file).

2000s was Misaki's strongest decade.

104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.

Misaki births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 104 births (39% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Misaki by state

Where Misaki concentrates geographically, total births since 1991

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Misaki
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
19 7.2%
California share of Misaki's total US births 7.2%

19 of 265 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Misaki?
265 babies have been named Misaki since 1991. All-time, it sits at #17,041 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #15,595 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2003 with 14 births.
Where does Misaki sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Misaki ranks #17,041 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,595 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Misaki most popular?
Misaki was most popular in the 2000s decade with 104 total births. The single peak year was 2003.
Where is Misaki most popular?
The top states for the name Misaki are California (19 births).
How long has the name Misaki been used?
Records for Misaki go back to 1991, giving 35 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Misaki?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Misty, Misti, Missy, Misha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Misaki's data

  • Misaki's decade-level peak was the 2000s (104 total births); usage has since declined to 25 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • California records the most Misakis (19 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Misaki

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Misaki: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1991–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Misaki draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.