Girls' name · since 1919
Masa
533 babies named Masa in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,384 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,990 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 533
- born since 1919
- 2020s
- peak decade
Masa currently ranks #3990 among girls' names in America, with 533 babies recorded since 1919.
Social Security Administration records show Masa recorded 533 times among girls since 1919, holding rank #3990 nationally today, ahead of 77% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 2025.
- #11,384 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,990 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 533 born since 1919
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Masa ranks #11,384 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,990 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 533 born since 1919, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,384 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,990 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 533
- born since 1919
- 2020s
- peak decade
Masa's 533 recorded births place it above 84.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Masa compares
533 Top 44% higher than 56% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Masa's all-time total is 42% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Masa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 533 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 66 | 21 | 19,840 |
Masa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Masa's full recorded timeline at 2013, 82% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 18% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1923, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 66 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Masa popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 66
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Masa popularity over time - boys
12 total births recorded since 1919 (Masa as boys' name)
Masa by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (268 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Masa's strongest decade.
268 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Masa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 2000s 63
2000s
63 births
- 2010s
2010s
191 births
- 2020s
2020s
268 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 268 births (50% of all-time use).
How Masa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Masa's total volume
Masa by state
Where Masa concentrates geographically, total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 35 | 6.6% |
| #2 | California | | 22 | 4.1% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 15 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 14 | 2.6% |
| #5 | Florida | | 10 | 1.9% |
| #6 | New York | | 6 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 6 | 1.1% |
35 of 533 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Masas (35 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Masa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~106 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1919–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Masa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.