How Many People Are Named Meshach?
people named Meshach are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 612,517 people in the US has this name
Based on 572 babies named Meshach in Social Security records from 1977 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
32 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly means "who is what Aku is?" in Akkadian, Aku being the name of the Babylonian god of the moon. In the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament this is the Babylonian name of Mishael, one of the three men cast into a blazing furnace but saved from harm by God.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Meshach in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Meshach alive today is about 23 years old, and 65% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 31 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Meshach first appears in the records in 1977 and was given most often in 1994, to 32 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1977 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Meshach has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,426, in 1994. In 2025 it ranked #10,327.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,327 |
| Best rank | #2,426 (1994) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,280 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Meshach alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Meshach were born in New York than in any other state: about 19 of those alive today.
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