Meshach comes from the Akkadian / Biblical / Aramaic tradition, meaning Who is what Aku is?.
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How popular is Meshach?
1994peak year
Meshach has been losing ground. Once far more common, it has been declining steadily in recent years. It currently ranks well outside the top 1,000 (around #7452), with about 12 babies named Meshach each year. In 1994, 32 babies received the name (ranked #2431). Total registrations across all years since 1880: roughly 565.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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