Masaye — girls' name
63 babies named Masaye in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Masaye was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Masaye in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Masaye
The Social Security Administration has registered 63 babies named Masaye between 1914 and 1924, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Masaye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1924. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Masaye performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Masaye shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Masaye in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Masaye 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 63 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.
Masaye at a glance
Last recorded 1924Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Masaye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–1914
- Peak year (1922)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1924.
63 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 10 births in a single year.
Masaye by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 34 births that decade — 54% of Masaye's all-time total
Masaye decade highlights
- Peak decade 34 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Masaye's strongest decade
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Masaye by state
Where Masaye concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 13 | 20.6% |
13 of 63 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 20.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 20.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1914–1924 (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.