Girls' name · since 1990
Masey
Masey has 310 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 310
- total births
- 1990–2022
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
Masey is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 310 have been recorded since 1990.
Social Security Administration records show Masey recorded 310 times among girls since 1990, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2022.
- 310 total births
- 1990–2022 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 40% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Masey's 310 recorded births place it above 78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Masey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Masey's full recorded timeline at 2006, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2001 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Masey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2022
- Peak year (2001)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Masey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Masey's strongest decade.
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Masey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
94 births
- 2000s
2000s
124 births
- 2010s
2010s
73 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 124 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Masey's decade-level peak was the 2000s (124 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1990–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Masey: Baby Name Since 1990 - 310 Births, Peak 2001." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/masey. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Masey 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 July 2026.