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Mischa

#5,058 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Form of Misha

Mischa has been given to 1,891 babies in the U.S. since 1953. In 2025 it ranked #5,058 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 125 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% girls, 10% boys all-time.

Babies named Mischa, 2025

1 in 128,000

Mischa over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Mischa over time

In 2025, Mischa went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19532025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Mischa: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Misha

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Mischa means

Mischa is a form of Misha.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Mischa → Misha → Ми́ша → Михаи́л. The family’s meaning is “teddy bear”, recorded in Russian with the source elements Михаи́л.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Misha.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,693 girls were recorded with the name Mischa between 1953 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 125 in 2008; its best national rank was #1,769 in 2008.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,513 in 2020 to #5,058 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,420 in 2015 to #5,058 in 2025.

In the United States, 198 boys were recorded with the name Mischa between 1968 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1981; its best national rank was #3,160 in 1981.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Mischa?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 128,000
26 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 61,800
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#5,058
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
88,382 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Mischa sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 88,382 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mischa. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mischas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mischa was born before 2007 — so the typical Mischa is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
32.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
69.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,693
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 32.2% of all recorded uses (545).

Is Mischa rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+849
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−545
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,638
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.55×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
20.8%
Peak was 2008 (125)
Years since peak
17
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,769
2008

Spellings of Mischa

Mischa is not the most common spelling — Aisha is, with 30.9% against Mischa's 1.9%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Mischa is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Mischa was most concentrated in Arizona — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 177,309 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Arizona1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in 100,000
  3. 3Florida1 in 100,000
  4. 4Colorado1 in —
  5. 5Michigan1 in —
  6. 6New York1 in —
  7. 7Ohio1 in —
  8. 8Pennsylvania1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Mischa has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Mischa is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Mischa was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,743,270 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Mischa has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Mischa around the world

Where Mischa ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #3,035
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2005–2012
    #815
    in 2012
  • Northern Ireland
    2005–2017
    #432
    in 2017
  • Ireland
    2005–2016
    #868
    in 2016
  • France
    2009–2023
    #5,186
    in 2023
  • Canada
    2004–2023
    #3,391
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1978–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Mischa by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,058
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 545
Best rank ever
#1,769
2008
Peak year
2008
125 that year
First recorded
1953
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,693
Count in 2025
26

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,160
1981
Peak year
1981
14 that year
First recorded
1968
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
198
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Mischa

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Mischa

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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