Messiah
- #10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births
- #207 for boys in 2025, 1,666 births
- Given to boys 96.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2021 · 2,231 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 27,064since 1973
Messiah over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Messiah has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | #207 | 1,666 |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 | #203 | 1,744 |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 | #189 | 1,916 |
| 2022 | #5,793 | 21 | #186 | 2,024 |
| 2021 | #4,167 | 34 | #172 | 2,231 |
| 2020 | #5,003 | 25 | #190 | 2,036 |
| 2019 | #5,306 | 24 | #193 | 2,037 |
| 2018 | #4,144 | 34 | #203 | 2,003 |
| 2017 | #3,769 | 40 | #198 | 1,987 |
| 2016 | #3,707 | 41 | #217 | 1,794 |
| 2015 | #3,299 | 49 | #243 | 1,516 |
| 2014 | #3,848 | 39 | #299 | 1,188 |
| 2013 | #3,918 | 38 | #334 | 974 |
| 2012 | #3,314 | 49 | #388 | 769 |
| 2011 | #3,092 | 54 | #635 | 369 |
| 2010 | #3,256 | 50 | #647 | 371 |
| 2009 | #3,126 | 54 | #663 | 369 |
| 2008 | #2,855 | 62 | #699 | 337 |
| 2007 | #2,750 | 66 | #718 | 322 |
| 2006 | #2,485 | 74 | #799 | 256 |
| 2005 | #3,587 | 41 | #904 | 198 |
| 2004 | #3,265 | 46 | #1,152 | 136 |
| 2003 | #4,307 | 30 | #1,230 | 118 |
| 2002 | #4,767 | 25 | #1,288 | 105 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | #1,316 | 99 |
| 2000 | #3,591 | 36 | #1,228 | 109 |
| 1999 | #4,313 | 26 | #1,294 | 94 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #2,094 | 44 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #2,613 | 30 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #3,021 | 24 |
| 1995 | — | #2,500 | 30 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | — | #3,141 | 21 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,999 | 22 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,476 | 12 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
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| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
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| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,838 | 10 | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1973
The first year at least five boys were named Messiah! It came in at #5,101, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1981–1983, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Messiah is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- District of Columbia#60 · 1 in 194
- Mississippi#64 · 1 in 301
- Georgia#91 · 1 in 408
- South Carolina#95 · 1 in 400
- Alabama#101 · 1 in 414
Best ever in a state: #45 in Mississippi, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #60 | 13 | 1 in 194 |
| Mississippi | #64 | 36 | 1 in 301 |
| Georgia | #91 | 123 | 1 in 408 |
| South Carolina | #95 | 53 | 1 in 400 |
| Alabama | #101 | 52 | 1 in 414 |
| Louisiana | #127 | 39 | 1 in 491 |
| Michigan | #128 | 76 | 1 in 529 |
| Nevada | #140 | 22 | 1 in 513 |
| Florida | #148 | 146 | 1 in 654 |
| North Carolina | #149 | 87 | 1 in 592 |
| Connecticut | #157 | 22 | 1 in 600 |
| Maryland | #171 | 35 | 1 in 654 |
| Virginia | #195 | 46 | 1 in 810 |
| Illinois | #198 | 59 | 1 in 840 |
| Ohio | #205 | 63 | 1 in 834 |
| Tennessee | #211 | 42 | 1 in 875 |
| Texas | #212 | 185 | 1 in 946 |
| New Mexico | #213 | 9 | 1 in 722 |
| Pennsylvania | #213 | 59 | 1 in 886 |
| Missouri | #218 | 32 | 1 in 869 |
| Arkansas | #221 | 16 | 1 in 787 |
| Massachusetts | #223 | 27 | 1 in 1,001 |
| Oklahoma | #232 | 20 | 1 in 884 |
| Indiana | #239 | 34 | 1 in 931 |
| New York | #248 | 77 | 1 in 1,096 |
| Wisconsin | #300 | 19 | 1 in 1,233 |
| New Jersey | #313 | 27 | 1 in 1,473 |
| California | #321 | 113 | 1 in 1,553 |
| Arizona | #332 | 23 | 1 in 1,423 |
| Minnesota | #338 | 17 | 1 in 1,441 |
| Kansas | #352 | 10 | 1 in 1,405 |
| Colorado | #366 | 17 | 1 in 1,579 |
| Kentucky | #375 | 13 | 1 in 1,580 |
| Iowa | #379 | 9 | 1 in 1,537 |
| Nebraska | #432 | 5 | 1 in 1,764 |
| Washington | #576 | 12 | 1 in 2,733 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Messiah
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 17 spots since 2020 (#190 → #207)
- 36 spots since 2015 (#243 → #207)
- Biggest jump: 248 spots in 2005
- Biggest drop: 14 spots in 2022
Rise & fade · boys
48 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 2021 at #172 (2,231 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 2005–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 784
- Highest: 1 in 784 boys born in 2021 were named Messiah (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,025 boys born in 2025 (0.10%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 48.1% of all boys named Messiah (13,008) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 41 | #3,837 (1974) | #5,089 |
| 1980s | 52 | #3,838 (1980) | #5,281 |
| 1990s | 297 | #1,294 (1999) | #3,361 |
| 2000s | 2,049 | #663 (2009) | #1,000 |
| 2010s | 13,008 | #193 (2019) | #336 |
| 2020s | 11,617 | #172 (2021) | #191 |
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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