Massai — #8656 US boys' name
121 babies named Massai in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 39% of names given to boys today.
49% of everyone ever named Massai was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Massai in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Massai
The Social Security Administration has registered 121 babies named Massai between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Massai currently holds the #8656 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Massai performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Massai shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Massai 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 121 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.
Massai at a glance
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Current rank
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Massai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2017)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #8656 among boys.
121 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 11 births in a single year.
Massai by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 59 births that decade — 49% of Massai's all-time total
Massai decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Massai's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% 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, 2000–2024 (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.