Menucha
Feminine · “rest”
Menucha is Hebrew for rest, and it names something specific — the rest of the Sabbath, which is a positive state rather than an absence of work.
How old is the name Menucha?
Menucha first appears in US birth records in 1981 — 44 years ago. The typical Menucha is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Menucha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Menucha most popular?
Menucha peaked in 2023, reaching #4276 nationally. Today it ranks #4661, 385 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
Where it comes from
From nuach to Menucha
The story of Menucha
Jewish thought treats Sabbath rest as a created thing — the tradition says menuchah was made on the seventh day, not simply the absence of the six before it. The word appears through the liturgy and in Psalm 23, where the still waters are literally waters of rest. Menucha is used as a given name in Hasidic and other observant communities.
Meaning
rest, tranquility
From Hebrew nuach, to rest or settle; menuchah is the noun. Noah's name comes from the same root. The word is used in the Sabbath liturgy for a rest that is actively given rather than merely taken.
How the name formed
- nuach
- menuchah
Related forms: מנוחה · Menucha
Pronouncing Menucha
meh-NOO-khah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle; the ch is a throat sound, not an English ch.
Nicknames for Menucha
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1981
- Most girls named
- 202333 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4276reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- +20.8%29 in 2025, from 24
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Menucha in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- מנוחה in Hebrew — transliteration
- Menucha in Yiddish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, New Jersey, California.
Menuchas among us
people named Menucha are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 55,423 born in 2025 was named Menucha
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Telma test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Menucha's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Telma climbed just as high around 1915, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Telma's path sketches the road Menucha is walking now.
Menucha sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Menucha is headed
Menucha should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Menucha beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Menucha in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning naming a genuinely rich and specific idea.
- Immediately recognizable in the community that uses it.
- Seven letters and three syllables, manageable to write.
- The ch is a throat sound English speakers will say as a k or a ch.
- It is entirely unfamiliar outside observant Jewish communities.
- The front clip spells an ordinary English word.
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Frequently asked
- How many Menuchas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Menucha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Menucha in 2025?
- Menucha ranks #4661 among US girl names in 2025, with 29 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Menucha?
- About 1 in every 55,423 US girls born in 2025 was named Menucha — 29 in all.
- Will my child share the name Menucha with classmates?
- Menucha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Menucha
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