Monesha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Monesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 420 babies named Monesha between 1971 and 2003, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Monesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 61 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Monesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 261 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Monesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Monesha in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Monesha 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 420 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.