Meisha

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Meisha: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Meisha: Recorded since 1996, it reached #546 in 2008, and it stood at #5,493 in 2020.

2registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#546highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2020

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#3824
1998	#1979
1999	#1473
2000	#3247
2001	#3998
2002	#1784
2003	#3099
2004	#2802
2005	#3970
2006	#1983
2007	#1656
2008	#1065
2009	#2535
2010	#2235
2011	#4049
2012	#2717
2013	#5742
2014	#4003
2015	#4736
2017	#4063
2018	#5666
2020	#5493

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 23 of the 25 years from 1996 to 2020.

In 2008: #546 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1065 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2020 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #5493 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020.
England and Wales · Girls

Meisha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Meisha in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	28	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	95	10 of 10	10
2010s	45	8 of 10	6
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Meisha appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #546 in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

Meisha's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1065	28	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1656	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1983	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1473	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#546	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2020, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #546, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 12 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Anastasija · #546, 18y
Kaelen · #547, 21y
Aanya · #544, 27y
Eleonora · #544, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Eisa · #546, 26y
Luella · #547, 27y
Aanya · #544, 27y
Eleonora · #544, 28y

Meisha was ranked #546 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2008. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Meisha and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Meisha without appearing here.

Meisha moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2717 and #5876.
Rian Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3998 and #2466 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1784 and #3409.
Gail Compare
In 1997 they stood at #3824 and #1958 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #1979 and #3142.
Finn Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #5730.

Moved ahead of Meisha

Teddy Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1784 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2460.
Luca Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2717 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2649.
Meabh Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2717 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2887.
Shea Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4063 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2901.

Moved the opposite way to Meisha

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Meisha went from #2683 to #5493 while Ada went from #2683 to #38.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Meisha went from #2683 to #5493 while Alma went from #2096 to #304.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Meisha went from #2683 to #5493 while Alyssa went from #783 to #213.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Meisha went from #2683 to #5493 while Amalie went from #2096 to #992.

Moved the same way as Meisha

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Meisha went from #2683 to #5493 and Abigail from #21 to #87.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Meisha went from #2683 to #5493 and Aimee from #70 to #749.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Meisha went from #2683 to #5493 and Aisling from #440 to #1556.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Meisha went from #2683 to #5493 and Alex from #161 to #1556.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #546 in Republic of Ireland in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Meisha

Meisha at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Meisha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Meisha appears in

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Meisha at a glance

Meisha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Meisha moved ahead of

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