girls:
4.1k births since 1954
#2682 (53rd percentile)
boys:
573 births since 1968
#4013 (12th percentile)
overall:
4.7k births since 1954
#3987 (48th percentile)
The name Misha is the #3,987 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,697 recorded births since 1954. This represents the 48.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 48.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,682 (53.1% percentile) for all time with 4,124 births since 1954. For boys, it ranks #4,013 (12.4% percentile) for all time with 573 births since 1968.
Misha first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1954 (1954 for girls and 1968 for boys). Birth data for Misha is available in 65 out of the 70 years between 1954 and 2023 (65 years for girls and 49 years for boys). 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.
The name Misha has been given predominantly to girls, with 87.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 78.8% of babies named Misha were girls.
For girls, Misha reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 15.3% percentile (ranked #720) with 66 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 66 births per million (ranked 15.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Misha ranks #870 for girls (8.1% percentile) with 47 births per million, which is 70.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Misha reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 3.6% percentile (ranked #897) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.6% percentile). Despite a peak around 2009, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Misha ranks #894 for boys (1.9% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 59.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Misha".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Misha. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 69.8% confident that Misha is pronounced as MEE-shuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MIH-shuh, at 30.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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