Masiel — girls' name
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.
The verdict
139 girls have been named Masiel since 1978, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2008.
- 139
- total births
- 1978–2008
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
48% of everyone ever named Masiel was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Masiel in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Masiel
The Social Security Administration has registered 139 babies named Masiel between 1978 and 2008, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Masiel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Masiel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Masiel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Masiel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Masiel 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 139 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.
Masiel at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Masiel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1978
- Peak year (1995)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
139 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 14 births in a single year.
Masiel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 67 births that decade — 48% of Masiel's all-time total
Masiel decade highlights
- Peak decade 67 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Masiel's strongest decade
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- New York 17.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 17.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1978–2008 (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.