# Mischa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mischa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,891 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 198 / 1,693 (90% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 667, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 59 | 2,936 |
| 2012 | 61 | 2,855 |
| 2013 | 48 | 3,355 |
| 2014 | 40 | 3,830 |
| 2015 | 47 | 3,420 |
| 2016 | 42 | 3,691 |
| 2017 | 40 | 3,821 |
| 2018 | 29 | 4,739 |
| 2019 | 31 | 4,512 |
| 2020 | 30 | 4,515 |
| 2021 | 23 | 5,511 |
| 2022 | 31 | 4,547 |
| 2023 | 22 | 5,678 |
| 2024 | 21 | 5,910 |
| 2025 | 26 | 5,059 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 11 | 3,847 |
| 1985 | 9 | 4,567 |
| 1986 | 10 | 4,360 |
| 1987 | 7 | 5,886 |
| 1988 | 7 | 6,235 |
| 1989 | 8 | 6,034 |
| 1990 | 5 | 9,050 |
| 1991 | 5 | 9,141 |
| 1992 | 6 | 8,114 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,684 |
| 2003 | 5 | 12,131 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11,589 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,691 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10,509 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,891 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 46 | 804 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2013 | 11 | 2,313 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2,187 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4 | 2,419 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## People named Mischa

- Mischa Barton, British-American actress and model
- Mischa Elman, American violinist (1891–1967)
- Mischa Bredewold, Dutch cyclist
- Mischa Hausserman, American actor (1941–2021)
- Mischa Kamp, Dutch film director (born 1970)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.