Mesa
Recorded 1972–2025 · United States
Mesa was most popular in 2013, when 47 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,805 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,565, with 32 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 843 people named Mesa.
Mesa over time
How old is the name Mesa?
Mesa first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1972, which makes it about 53 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 43 of the 54 years since.
How many people are named Mesa?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 843 American births named Mesa between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 834 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Mesa in 2025?
32 American babies were named Mesa in 2025, ranking #7,565 that year.
Is Mesa getting more or less popular?
Mesa is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 28 births a year, against 33 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -16% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Mesa a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Mesa is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 843 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Mesa?
Roughly 834 Americans named Mesa are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 14 years old, and half are between 8 and 25.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org