Misa
- #7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births
- Peak · girls
- 1990 · 22 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 765since 1968
Misa over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Misa has never cracked the top 4,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 |
| 2020 | #6,923 | 16 |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 |
| 2017 | #5,517 | 23 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 |
| 2014 | #6,451 | 19 |
| 2013 | #7,031 | 17 |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 |
| 2010 | #5,977 | 22 |
| 2009 | #6,091 | 22 |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 |
| 2007 | #5,895 | 23 |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 |
| 2005 | #5,113 | 25 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 |
| 1990 | #4,380 | 22 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 |
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| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 |
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First appearance
1968
The first year at least five girls were named Misa! It came in at #5,642, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1970, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Misa is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Misa in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,455 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #7,491)
- 568 spots since 2020 (#6,923 → #7,491)
- 2,203 spots since 2015 (#5,288 → #7,491)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1990 at #4,380 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 67,656
- Highest: 1 in 67,656 girls born in 2011 were named Misa (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #4,380 in 1990, was only 1 in 86,298 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 25.1% of all girls named Misa (192) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18 | #4,418 (1969) | #5,030 |
| 1970s | 63 | #4,810 (1971) | #7,504 |
| 1980s | 76 | #5,613 (1987) | #8,038 |
| 1990s | 142 | #4,380 (1990) | #6,591 |
| 2000s | 185 | #5,113 (2005) | #6,541 |
| 2010s | 192 | #5,207 (2011) | #6,690 |
| 2020s | 89 | #6,414 (2021) | #7,400 |
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.
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