Meshilem
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- meh-SHIL-em
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Meshilem is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Meshilem mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish form of Meshullam
Meshullam is the name of several minor figures in the Hebrew Bible.
Is Meshilem a girl's or a boy's name?
Meshilem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Meshilem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 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, 11 boys in the US were named Meshilem, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 2015.
Half of all the boys named Meshilem in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meshilem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 33 | #3,357 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
Names like Meshilem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Salem Asaiah Ibrahim Muhammad Zamir Azaiah Asiah Mouhamed Khaza Izan Eziah
Names related to Meshilem
More Hebrew names
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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, “Meshilem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meshilem, updated 20 October 2026.