girls:
278 births since 1983
#5438 (5th percentile)
overall:
278 births since 1983
#7461 (4th percentile)
The name Mahsa is the #7,461 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 278 recorded births since 1983. This represents the 3.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,438 (4.8% percentile) for all time with 278 births since 1983.
Mahsa first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1983 (first recorded for girls in 1983). Birth data for Mahsa is available in 21 out of the 41 years between 1983 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Mahsa reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 4.6% percentile (ranked #914) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 27 births per million (ranked 4.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Mahsa ranks #917 for girls (3.2% percentile) with 20 births per million, which is 73.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mahsa".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Mahsa", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 3 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Masa" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Masa..
Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Mahsa. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 43.2% confident that Mahsa is pronounced as MAH-suh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MUH-suh, at 16.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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