Meshach
Boy · Hebrew
Meshach is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “sheep, ram”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Meshach mean?
Hebrew
“sheep, ram”
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Meshach a girl's or a boy's name?
Meshach is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Meshach in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Meshach in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Meshach in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,235 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Meshach in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Meshach, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1994, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Meshach in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meshach in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,918 |
| 1994 | 32 | #2,387 |
| 1993 | 25 | #2,780 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
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