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
Showing
- 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
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | boys | ||
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| 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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First appearance
1954
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 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- California#2,093 · 1 in 17,969
- Florida#2,151 · 1 in 17,352
- Texas#3,285 · 1 in 32,108
Best ever in a state: #186 in Hawaii, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #2,093 | 9 | 1 in 17,969 |
| Florida | #2,151 | 5 | 1 in 17,352 |
| Texas | #3,285 | 5 | 1 in 32,108 |
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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
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 1,161 spots since 2020 (#2,050 → #3,211)
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 1991 at #1,248 (135 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 3 yrs 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 13,889
- 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%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 20.4% of all girls named Misha (868) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- 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.
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