Myesha — #8515 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Myesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,392 babies named Myesha between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Myesha currently holds the #8515 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 168 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Myesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,395 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Myesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 492 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Myesha in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Myesha 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 3,392 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.