How Many People Are Named Mesa?
An estimated 797 people in the United States have the first name Mesa. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 18 years old, and Mesa peaked in popularity in 2013 with 47 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Mesa as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Mesa paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
797
About 1 in 430,056 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
18
years old
Peak Year
2013
47 births
Total Registered
811
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Mesa
Mesa is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 811 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Mesa as a female name
Ranked #5,533 in 2024
23 female births in 2024
Peak: 2013 (47 births)
Mesa: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Mesa span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 302 babies were registered. While Mesa is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Mesa by Decade
How has Mesa tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Mesa + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Mesa as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Mesa
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
Mesa: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Mesa?
We estimate approximately 797 people named Mesa are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 430,056 Americans share this first name.
Is Mesa a common name?
Mesa is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 88.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 811 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Mesa most popular?
Mesa reached peak popularity in 2013, when 47 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Mesa is approximately 18 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Mesa a female name?
Mesa is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Mesa Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Mesa Smith, Mesa Johnson, Mesa Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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