Mesa
Mesa was the 4425th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 32 babies. Its best year was 2013, when it ranked 3393rd with 47 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 41 places. More babies were named Mesa in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,425 girls, up 418 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 32girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201347 babies
- Total since 1880
- 843babies recorded
Mesa popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,425 | 32 |
| 2020 | #4,843 | 27 |
| 2010 | #7,124 | 18 |
| 2000 | #4,044 | 31 |
| 1990 | #14,419 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Mesa, counting every spelling?
Mesa has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Mesa?
32 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Mesa (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Mesa born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 261 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Mesa.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Mesa?
About 800 people born in the US named Mesa are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 8 and 25. That makes Mesa mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Mesa by state
How common Mesa was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Mesa: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Mesa, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Mesa
How popular is the name Mesa?
Mesa was the 4425th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 32 babies. Its best year was 2013, when it ranked 3393rd with 47 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 41 places. More babies were named Mesa in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Mesa a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Mesa in the US.
Where is Mesa most popular?
In 2021–2025, Mesa was most common in Idaho (0.15 per 1,000 girls), followed by Utah and Texas.