Menucha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- meh-NOO-khah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,660 for girls
Menucha is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “rest, tranquillity”. In 2025 it ranked 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).
What does Menucha mean?
Hebrew
“rest, tranquillity”
Hebrew word for rest or tranquillity, used mainly in Orthodox Jewish families.
Is Menucha a girl's or a boy's name?
Menucha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Menucha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,660among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 55,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Menucha, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Menucha in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Menucha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,274 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,603 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
Names like Menucha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ximena Solana Dakota Alora Amora Ivanna Jianna Jimena Briella Eliana Seraphina Makayla
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Menucha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/menucha, updated 20 October 2026.