How rare is the name Misha?

4,924 people in the United States have the first name Misha, about 1 in 61,339. It ranks #3,959 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

MISHA

#3,959

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,924
About
1 in 61,339
This common or more
83.3%
Who bears it

Of the 4,924 people named Misha, 41.7% reported their origin as White, 23.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 17.7% as Black. 82% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Misha peaked in 1991, when 142 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19542025
Peak year
1991
Births that year
142
In 2025*
60 ▼58%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 4,858 babies have been given the name since 1954. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Misha by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,445. The largest share of babies named Misha, 29.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1950s#12,23212
1960s#5,296143
1970s#2,504653
1980s#2,445824
1990s#3,041822
2000s#4,119742
2010s#3,4861,025
2020s#3,424637
Baby boom 1946–641%
Generation X 1965–8017.9%
Millennials 1981–9629.2%
Generation Z 1997–1223.4%
2013 and later28.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Misha is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Misha has been most common in California (4×), New Jersey (2.3×), and New York (1.5×), and least common in Ohio (0.43×).

1,775 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Misha

2 other first names also have 4,924 people.

#3,959 Kortney · 4,924#3,959 Serina · 4,924

Either side of Misha

#3,958 Reza · 4,929#3,959 Kortney · 4,924#3,959 Serina · 4,924#3,962 Marygrace · 4,921

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Misha, most common first.

#5,880 Micha · 2,819#7,617 Miesha · 1,988#8,191 Mischa · 1,781#11,283 Misa · 1,147#16,034 Mishka · 709#48,024 Miasha · 134#52,462 Miosha · 107

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