Girls' name · since 2010
Misk
Since 2010, U.S. Social Security records show 577 babies named Misk, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #10,814 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,767 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 577
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Misk currently ranks #1767 among girls' names in America, with 577 babies recorded since 2010.
Social Security Administration records show Misk recorded 577 times among girls since 2010, holding rank #1767 nationally today, ahead of 90% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2025.
- #10,814 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,767 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 577 born since 2010
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Misk ranks #10,814 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,767 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 577 born since 2010, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,814 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,767 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 577
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Misk's 577 recorded births place it above 85.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Misk compares
577 Top 42% higher than 58% of 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
Misk's all-time total is 53% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Misk | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 577 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 115 | 21 | 19,840 |
Misk's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Misk splits its recorded history at 2018: 84% of all births land in the more recent half, 16% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 115 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Misk popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 115
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Misk by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (432 births, 75% of the file).
2020s was Misk's strongest decade.
432 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Misk births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 145
2010s
145 births
- 2020s
2020s
432 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 432 births (75% of all-time use).
How Misk compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Misk's total volume
Misk by state
Where Misk concentrates geographically, total births since 2010
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 68 | 11.8% |
| #2 | California | | 34 | 5.9% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 33 | 5.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 31 | 5.4% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 22 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 16 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 15 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Florida | | 12 | 2.1% |
68 of 577 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Misk appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Misks (68 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2010–2025 (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 Misk 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.