Masaya — boys' name
22 babies named Masaya in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
22 boys have been named Masaya since 1997, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2023.
- 22
- total births
- 1997–2023
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
55% of everyone ever named Masaya was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Masaya in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Masaya
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Masaya between 1997 and 2023, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Masaya currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Masaya performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Masaya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Masaya in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 22 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Masaya at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Masaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1997
- Peak year (1998)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
22 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 7 births in a single year.
Masaya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 12 births that decade — 55% of Masaya's all-time total
Masaya decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Masaya's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.