Massai

Peak · boys
2017 · 11 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
131
since 2000

Massai over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Massai has never cracked the top 7,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank200020102020peak #7,095, 2017boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
2025#7,67910
2024#8,3129
2023#8,2559
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2021#8,8258
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2019#8,8898
2018#9,6707
2017#7,09511
2016#10,7446
2015#9,5687
2014#9,6427
2013#12,1365
2012#8,8648
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2007#12,3675
2006#12,0555
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First appearance
2000

The first year at least five boys were named Massai! It came in at #8,209, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2003–2011, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Massai is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Massai in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Massai
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • 1,889 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #7,679)
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2000
  • Peaked 2017 at #7,095 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 168,269
  • Highest: 1 in 168,269 boys born in 2017 were named Massai (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 45.0% of all boys named Massai (59) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s36#7,643 (2002)#10,345
2010s59#7,095 (2017)#9,576
2020s36#7,679 (2025)#8,268

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.

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