Massiah
Last seen for girls in 2017 at #12,713 · #2,207 for boys in 2025, 64 births
Given to boys 94.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2021 · 124 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,451since 1999
Massiah over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,207 | 64 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,938 | 81 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,928 | 81 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,634 | 106 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,454 | 124 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,463 | 117 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,515 | 112 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,498 | 115 | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | #1,502 | 111 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | #1,811 | 83 |
| 2015 | — | #1,826 | 81 | |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | #1,884 | 77 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | #2,225 | 58 |
| 2012 | — | #2,238 | 58 | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #4,509 | 21 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | #3,812 | 27 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #4,160 | 24 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #5,901 | 14 |
| 2006 | — | #4,865 | 18 | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | — | #5,877 | 12 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,643 | 8 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Massiah! It came in at #8,704, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1999–2001, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
See more about Massiah
- 269 spots since 2024 (#1,938 → #2,207)
- 744 spots since 2020 (#1,463 → #2,207)
- 381 spots since 2015 (#1,826 → #2,207)
- Debuted 1999
- Peaked 2021 at #1,454 (124 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 14,109 boys born in 2021 were named Massiah (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 26,689 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 51.2% of all boys named Massiah (743) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2001, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6 | #8,704 (1999) | #8,704 |
| 2000s | 129 | #4,160 (2009) | #6,627 |
| 2010s | 743 | #1,498 (2018) | #2,282 |
| 2020s | 573 | #1,454 (2021) | #1,771 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Massiah in 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 246,637 of them was named Massiah, which outranked 31.1% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,615Zuhur8
- #11,615Zyion8
- #11,615Zylia8
- #12,713Massiah7
- #12,713Aalaiyah7
- #12,713Aanshi7
- #12,713Aaradhana7
- #14,124Aabriella6
- #14,124Aaditri6
- #14,124Aafiya6
Tied with 1,410 names at #12,713; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 16,675 of them was named Massiah, which outranked 89.5% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,499Deion112
- #1,499Gentry112
- #1,499Jaxsen112
- #1,502Massiah111
- #1,502Hiram111
- #1,502Mattias111
- #1,502Ocean111
- #1,510Alister110
- #1,510Brigham110
- #1,510Caius110
Tied with 7 names at #1,502; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.