Meshach

maleStatistical record

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

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

Meshach: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,167 in 2000, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1167highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#2337
1998	#2074
2000	#1167
2001	#2587
2003	#1771
2004	#1878
2005	#1617
2006	#2870
2007	#3589
2009	#2837
2010	#3865
2011	#2613
2012	#4805
2013	#4685
2014	#2248
2015	#3908
2017	#3449
2018	#4749
2019	#3937
2020	#4608
2022	#3449
2024	#4270

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 23 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1591 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1167 among boys in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Meshach by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Meshach in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	3 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	58	8 of 10	7
2010s	42	9 of 10	5
2020s	12	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Meshach appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1167 in England and Wales in 2000.

Meshach'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1617	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1167	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,167, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,270position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2000Under 25 births →

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 1 registrar, 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.

Kray · #1167, 24y
Wasif · #1167, 26y
Dilraj · #1168, 28y
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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Kamaal · #1167, 15y
Kray · #1167, 24y
Shmuel · #1167, 29y
Wasif · #1167, 26y

Meshach 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 Meshach without appearing here.

Meshach moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2870 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #2837 and #4527.
Shannon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4685 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3449 and #4812.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4608 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #2165 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Meshach

Gustav Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2613 and #3300 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #4805 and #2458.
Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3449 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #2693.
Henrik Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2248 and #2690 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #2020.
Aksel Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2613 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #4805 and #3416.

Moved the opposite way to Meshach

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Meshach went from #1591 to #4270 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Meshach went from #1591 to #4270 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Meshach went from #1591 to #4270 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Meshach went from #1591 to #4270 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Meshach

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Meshach went from #1591 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Meshach went from #1591 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Meshach went from #1591 to #4270 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Meshach went from #1591 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1167 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Meshach

Meshach at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Meshach by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Meshach appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Meshach at a glance

Meshach by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Meshach appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Meshach and the names beside it

Meshach moved ahead of

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