Girls' name · since 1978
Masiel
139 babies named Masiel in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 139
- total births
- 1978–2008
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
Masiel sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 139 recorded since 1978.
Masiel has 139 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2008.
- 139 total births
- 1978–2008 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 48% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Masiel's 139 recorded births place it above 67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Masiel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Masiel splits its recorded history at 1995: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Masiel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2008
- Peak year (1995)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Masiel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Masiel's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Masiel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 23
1980s
23 births
- 1990s
1990s
67 births
- 2000s
2000s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 67 births (48% of all-time use).
Masiel by state
Where Masiel concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 24 | 17.3% |
24 of 139 births nationwide.
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- Masiel's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (67 total births) through the 2000s (43) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Masiels (24 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
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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, 1978–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Masiel: Baby Name Since 1978 - 139 Births, Peak 1995." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/masiel. 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 Masiel 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.