Given name & surname
Mensah
“the third-born child”
Mensah is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “the third-born child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “the third-born child.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mensah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 38
- 38 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 147 as a first name in 2020; 6,325 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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