Mysha vs Mysti
American parents have registered 711 Mystis since 1880, against 581 Myshas. But in 2025 it was Mysha that was commoner, 15 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Mysha Mysti
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 63 years in which either name was published, Mysti for 40 years and Mysha for 23 years. The lead changed hands 3 times.
Side by side
| Mysha | Mysti | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 581 | 711 |
| Most in one year | 40 | 33 |
| Babies in 2025 | 15 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 580 | 680 |
| Median age today | 13 | 42 |
| Peak year | 2011 | 1980 |
| Best rank | 3,781st girls | 2,749th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 7,133rd | unranked |
| First recorded | 1979 | 1960 |
| Girls / boys | 581 / 0 | 711 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Mystis alive today are over 42; half the Myshas are over 13. That is 29 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Mysha California (3.7×)
- Mysti Texas (10.6×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Mysha and Mysti.