Misha
#3,211 for girls in 2025, 49 births · #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
Given to girls 87.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1991 · 135 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,255since 1954
Misha over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,211 | 49 | #7,194 | 11 |
| 2024 | #2,248 | 83 | #5,067 | 19 |
| 2023 | #2,258 | 82 | #4,610 | 22 |
| 2022 | #1,907 | 105 | #4,089 | 26 |
| 2021 | #2,186 | 85 | #3,121 | 38 |
| 2020 | #2,050 | 90 | #3,811 | 27 |
| 2019 | #1,941 | 101 | #4,230 | 24 |
| 2018 | #1,997 | 98 | #4,094 | 25 |
| 2017 | #1,779 | 117 | #4,746 | 20 |
| 2016 | #2,517 | 71 | #6,053 | 14 |
| 2015 | #2,382 | 77 | #4,407 | 22 |
| 2014 | #2,497 | 72 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #2,211 | 84 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | #1,983 | 98 | #6,001 | 14 |
| 2011 | #2,395 | 77 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #2,514 | 73 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2009 | #1,901 | 110 | #7,692 | 10 |
| 2008 | #2,234 | 88 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #2,101 | 96 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #2,328 | 81 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #2,204 | 83 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #2,481 | 68 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #4,307 | 30 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #3,394 | 40 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #4,107 | 30 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #4,079 | 30 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #4,201 | 27 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #3,573 | 33 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,659 | 47 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,340 | 56 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | #2,155 | 62 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #2,188 | 61 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #1,776 | 82 | #2,943 | 23 |
| 1992 | #1,507 | 104 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #1,248 | 135 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #1,292 | 126 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #1,354 | 113 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #1,986 | 60 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #1,630 | 75 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #1,736 | 67 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #2,048 | 52 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #1,837 | 58 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #1,770 | 60 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #1,641 | 70 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #1,490 | 81 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #1,260 | 103 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #1,323 | 94 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #1,862 | 53 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,761 | 58 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #1,523 | 67 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,625 | 60 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #1,598 | 59 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #1,773 | 49 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,248 | 83 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #1,730 | 52 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,043 | 40 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #2,254 | 32 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,538 | 24 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,752 | 20 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | — | |
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| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | — | |
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| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Misha! It came in at #5,148, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1955–1958, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Misha is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oklahoma#504 · 1 in 3,449
- Georgia#917 · 1 in 8,369
- Michigan#924 · 1 in 10,075
- Illinois#993 · 1 in 9,662
- California#1,172 · 1 in 11,618
Best ever in a state: #186 in Hawaii, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #504 | 5 | 1 in 3,449 |
| Georgia | #917 | 5 | 1 in 8,369 |
| Michigan | #924 | 6 | 1 in 10,075 |
| Illinois | #993 | 8 | 1 in 9,662 |
| California | #1,172 | 21 | 1 in 11,618 |
| Florida | #1,203 | 6 | 1 in 12,837 |
| New York | #1,373 | 8 | 1 in 14,848 |
| Texas | #1,385 | 9 | 1 in 14,820 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Misha
- 963 spots since 2024 (#2,248 → #3,211)
- 1,161 spots since 2020 (#2,050 → #3,211)
- 829 spots since 2015 (#2,382 → #3,211)
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 1991 at #1,248 (135 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 13,889 girls born in 1991 were named Misha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 32,801 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.4% of all girls named Misha (868) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 12 | #5,148 (1954) | #5,357 |
| 1960s | 138 | #2,254 (1969) | #3,826 |
| 1970s | 615 | #1,248 (1972) | #1,649 |
| 1980s | 739 | #1,260 (1980) | #1,675 |
| 1990s | 733 | #1,248 (1991) | #2,294 |
| 2000s | 656 | #1,901 (2009) | #2,914 |
| 2010s | 868 | #1,779 (2017) | #2,222 |
| 2020s | 494 | #1,907 (2022) | #2,310 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Misha in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 16,315 of them was named Misha, which outranked 90.7% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,350Farah114
- #1,350Juliette114
- #1,350Lucero114
- #1,354Misha113
- #1,354Allegra113
- #1,354Anya113
- #1,354Arianne113
- #1,367Elvia112
- #1,367Greta112
- #1,367Shara112
Tied with 12 names at #1,354; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 222,325 of them was named Misha, which outranked 44.1% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,811Zerrick10
- #4,811Zoe10
- #4,811Zuri10
- #5,165Misha9
- #5,165Abdallah9
- #5,165Abiel9
- #5,165Abrahim9
- #5,615Abdel8
- #5,615Abdias8
- #5,615Abed8
Tied with 449 names at #5,165; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.