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How popular is “Mesha” in the USA?

Number of people named “Mesha” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Mesha” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Mesha” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Mesha” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Mesha” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Mesha” by birth year

This chart shows how “Mesha” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1963 8 0.000002021 8 100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 100%
1967 11 0.00000324 11 100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 100%
1969 12 0.000003453 12 100%
1970 30 0.000008318 30 100%
1971 19 0.000005536 19 100%
1972 34 0.000010818 34 100%
1973 21 0.000006961 21 100%
1974 44 0.000014474 44 100%
1975 25 0.00000828 25 100%
1976 42 0.000013842 42 100%
1977 31 0.000009759 31 100%
1978 43 0.000013548 43 100%
1979 44 0.000013225 44 100%
1980 55 0.000015967 55 100%
1981 45 0.000013008 45 100%
1982 42 0.000011973 42 100%
1983 34 0.000009817 34 100%
1984 39 0.000011179 39 100%
1985 27 0.000007565 27 100%
1986 22 0.000006185 22 100%
1987 37 0.000010262 37 100%
1988 29 0.000007848 29 100%
1989 40 0.000010405 40 100%
1990 50 0.00001265 50 100%
1991 38 0.000009755 38 100%
1992 36 0.000009372 36 100%
1993 36 0.000009548 36 100%
1994 35 0.000009415 35 100%
1995 18 0.000004915 18 100%
1996 23 0.000006306 23 100%
1997 22 0.000006068 22 100%
1998 22 0.000005981 22 100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 100%
2000 18 0.000004762 18 100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 100%
2002 12 0.00000321 12 100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 100%
2004 12 0.000003141 12 100%
2005 15 0.000003901 15 100%
2006 13 0.000003286 13 100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 100%
2008 13 0.000003307 13 100%
2009 9 0.000002356 9 100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 100%

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