Misa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MEE-sa
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Misa is a girls' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
Where does Misa come from?
Japanese: Japanese name whose meaning depends on the kanji; also a Slavic pet form of Michaela
Is Misa a girl's or a boy's name?
Misa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Misa in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 3 girls.
Misa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
How popular is Misa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Misa, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Misa in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Misa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
Names like Misa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Hiba Maya Zainab Ayla Amira Khadija Summer Huda Marwa Aaliyah
Names related to Misa
More Japanese names
Kobe Kaizen Raiden Ren Akari Kenzo Ronin Kyomi Akira Yuna Emi Kiyomi Kairi Miya Kenji Reo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Misa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/misa, updated 20 October 2026.