Myesha
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #8,443
- Peak · girls
- 1993 · 168 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,392since 1970
Myesha over time
Rank among girls' names. Myesha has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,443 | 12 |
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| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
| 2010 | #5,771 | 23 |
| 2009 | #6,091 | 22 |
| 2008 | #5,013 | 29 |
| 2007 | #7,733 | 16 |
| 2006 | #3,992 | 37 |
| 2005 | #3,876 | 37 |
| 2004 | #3,490 | 42 |
| 2003 | #2,840 | 54 |
| 2002 | #2,709 | 56 |
| 2001 | #2,438 | 64 |
| 2000 | #1,952 | 86 |
| 1999 | #1,975 | 79 |
| 1998 | #1,508 | 112 |
| 1997 | #1,352 | 127 |
| 1996 | #1,124 | 161 |
| 1995 | #1,100 | 161 |
| 1994 | #1,160 | 153 |
| 1993 | #1,081 | 168 |
| 1992 | #1,216 | 143 |
| 1991 | #1,090 | 165 |
| 1990 | #1,292 | 126 |
| 1989 | #1,373 | 110 |
| 1988 | #1,334 | 107 |
| 1987 | #1,267 | 111 |
| 1986 | #1,380 | 93 |
| 1985 | #1,323 | 100 |
| 1984 | #1,388 | 84 |
| 1983 | #1,379 | 86 |
| 1982 | #1,268 | 101 |
| 1981 | #1,528 | 78 |
| 1980 | #1,433 | 85 |
| 1979 | #1,144 | 116 |
| 1978 | #1,307 | 92 |
| 1977 | #1,637 | 64 |
| 1976 | #1,535 | 66 |
| 1975 | #1,877 | 48 |
| 1974 | #2,348 | 33 |
| 1973 | #2,094 | 38 |
| 1972 | #2,680 | 26 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Myesha! It came in at #5,061, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2016–2017, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Myesha is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#579 · 1 in 4,144
- Missouri#642 · 1 in 6,131
- Louisiana#669 · 1 in 4,586
- New Jersey#705 · 1 in 6,045
- Pennsylvania#880 · 1 in 11,001
Best ever in a state: #137 in District of Columbia, 1996.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #579 | 37 | 1 in 4,144 |
| Missouri | #642 | 5 | 1 in 6,131 |
| Louisiana | #669 | 6 | 1 in 4,586 |
| New Jersey | #705 | 6 | 1 in 6,045 |
| Pennsylvania | #880 | 6 | 1 in 11,001 |
| Texas | #1,202 | 8 | 1 in 12,924 |
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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 Myesha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1993 at #1,081 (168 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 10,768 girls born in 1993 were named Myesha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 135,016 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 41.1% of all girls named Myesha (1,395) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 508 | #1,144 (1979) | #2,363 |
| 1980s | 955 | #1,267 (1987) | #1,367 |
| 1990s | 1,395 | #1,081 (1993) | #1,290 |
| 2000s | 443 | #1,952 (2000) | #4,013 |
| 2010s | 79 | #5,771 (2010) | #11,566 |
| 2020s | 12 | #8,443 (2024) | #8,443 |
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.
Myesha in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 16,651 of them was named Myesha, which outranked 88.6% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,299Nanette93
- #1,299Roxana93
- #1,299Saundra93
- #1,307Myesha92
- #1,307Fabiola92
- #1,307Holley92
- #1,307Kristan92
- #1,314Bessie91
- #1,314Caron91
- #1,314Chaya91
Tied with 6 names at #1,307; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.