Girls' name · since 1979
Mykesha
51 babies named Mykesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,846 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
51 girls have been named Mykesha since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Mykesha has 51 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2003.
- #34,846 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 51 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mykesha ranks #34,846 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 51 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #34,846 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Mykesha's 51 recorded births place it above 51.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mykesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mykesha splits its recorded history at 1992: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mykesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2003
- Peak year (1996)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Mykesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (34 births, 67% of the file).
1990s was Mykesha's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Mykesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
34 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 34 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Mykesha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (34 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mykesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~24 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, 1979–2003 (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 Mykesha 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.