Recorded 1998–2022 Girls' name Peak 2003 77 births

Mishaal — girls' name

77 babies named Mishaal in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s62000s322010s272020s12
2000s
Peak decade

42% of everyone ever named Mishaal was born in this single decade.

2003
Single peak year

9 babies were named Mishaal in 2003 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Mishaal

The Social Security Administration has registered 77 babies named Mishaal between 1998 and 2022, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mishaal currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mishaal performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mishaal shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mishaal 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 77 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.

Mishaal at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

77

Since 1998

25 years of records

Peak year

2003

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1998

Recorded for 25 years

Last year on file: 2022

Mishaal popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1998

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2003)
9
Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
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Mishaal by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
32 births that decade — 42% of Mishaal's all-time total
1990s62000s322010s272020s12

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Mishaal?
77 babies have been named Mishaal since 1998. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2003 with 9 births.
When was Mishaal most popular?
Mishaal was most popular in the 2000s decade with 32 total births. The single peak year was 2003.
How long has the name Mishaal been used?
Mishaal has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 25 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Mishaal?
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.

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, 1998–2022 (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.