Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Misha” in the USA?

Number of people named “Misha” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Misha” 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 “Misha” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Misha” by birth year

This chart shows how “Misha” 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
1954 6 0.000001507 6 100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 100%
1965 14 0.000003862 14 100%
1966 20 0.000005754 20 100%
1967 11 0.00000324 11 100%
1968 29 0.000008584 24 5 66%
1969 32 0.000009208 32 100%
1970 48 0.000013309 40 8 67%
1971 52 0.00001515 52 100%
1972 91 0.000028953 83 8 82%
1973 49 0.000016242 49 100%
1974 64 0.000021053 59 5 84%
1975 66 0.000021859 60 6 82%
1976 67 0.000022081 67 100%
1977 63 0.000019833 58 5 84%
1978 53 0.000016699 53 100%
1979 100 0.000030057 94 6 88%
1980 112 0.000032516 103 9 84%
1981 92 0.000026594 81 11 76%
1982 81 0.00002309 70 11 73%
1983 66 0.000019057 60 6 82%
1984 69 0.000019778 58 11 68%
1985 61 0.000017091 52 9 70%
1986 73 0.000020522 67 6 84%
1987 82 0.000022742 75 7 83%
1988 66 0.000017862 60 6 82%
1989 122 0.000031734 113 9 85%
1990 137 0.000034662 126 11 84%
1991 142 0.000036455 135 7 90%
1992 111 0.000028897 104 7 87%
1993 105 0.000027849 82 23 56%
1994 67 0.000018022 61 6 82%
1995 75 0.00002048 62 13 65%
1996 69 0.000018919 56 13 62%
1997 47 0.000012963 47 100%
1998 33 0.000008972 33 100%
1999 36 0.000009746 27 9 50%
2000 35 0.000009259 30 5 71%
2001 41 0.000010953 30 11 46%
2002 51 0.000013643 40 11 57%
2003 36 0.000009468 30 6 67%
2004 75 0.000019629 68 7 81%
2005 98 0.000025489 83 15 69%
2006 87 0.000021991 81 6 86%
2007 104 0.000026015 96 8 85%
2008 95 0.000024169 88 7 85%
2009 120 0.000031412 110 10 83%
2010 85 0.000022999 73 12 72%
2011 83 0.000022691 77 6 86%
2012 112 0.000030623 98 14 75%
2013 95 0.000026058 84 11 77%
2014 81 0.000021854 72 9 78%
2015 99 0.00002675 77 22 56%
2016 85 0.000023169 71 14 67%
2017 137 0.000038309 117 20 71%
2018 123 0.000034984 98 25 59%
2019 125 0.000036013 101 24 62%
2020 117 0.000035024 90 27 54%
2021 123 0.000036305 85 38 38%
2022 131 0.000038721 105 26 60%
2023 104 0.000031409 82 22 58%
2024 102 0.000030644 83 19 63%

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