Girls' name · since 1991
Mishal
241 babies named Mishal in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,946 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,353 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 241
- born since 1991
- 2010s
- peak decade
241 babies have been named Mishal since 1991, making it today's #12353 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Mishal recorded 241 times among girls since 1991, holding rank #12353 nationally today, ahead of 29% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #17,946 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,353 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 241 born since 1991
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mishal ranks #17,946 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,353 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 241 born since 1991, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,946 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,353 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 241
- born since 1991
- 2010s
- peak decade
Mishal's 241 recorded births place it above 75.17% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mishal compares
241 41st 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
Mishal's all-time total is 36% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mishal | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 241 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mishal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mishal's full recorded timeline at 2011, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mishal popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Mishal popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1988 (Mishal as boys' name)
Mishal by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (87 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Mishal's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Mishal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 25
1990s
25 births
- 2000s
2000s
85 births
- 2010s
2010s
87 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 87 births (36% of all-time use).
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What to do with Mishal's data
- Mishal's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (87 total births) through the 2020s (44) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mishal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
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 Mishal 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.