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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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.
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 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 16,701 of them was named Misha, which outranked 90.6% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,889Maleigha111
- #1,889Nala111
- #1,889Tallulah111
- #1,901Misha110
- #1,901Adria110
- #1,901Amarie110
- #1,901Aubrielle110
- #1,914Addelyn109
- #1,914Addisen109
- #1,914Adisyn109
Tied with 12 names at #1,901; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 198,357 of them was named Misha, which outranked 47.1% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #7,236Zymeir11
- #7,236Zymire11
- #7,236Zyrell11
- #7,692Misha10
- #7,692Aarik10
- #7,692Ab10
- #7,692Abdimalik10
- #8,310Aadam9
- #8,310Abdou9
- #8,310Abdoulie9
Tied with 617 names at #7,692; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.