Massey — boys' name
69 babies named Massey in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Massey was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Massey in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Massey
The Social Security Administration has registered 69 babies named Massey between 1917 and 2020, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Massey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Massey is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 43 additional births since 2005.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Massey performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Massey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Massey 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 69 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.
Massey at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Massey popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1917
- Peak year (1924)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 104 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
69 total births across 104 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 7 births in a single year.
Massey popularity over time — girls
43 total births recorded since 2005 (Massey as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Massey accounts for 38% of total recorded use across both genders.
Massey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 28 births that decade — 41% of Massey's all-time total
Massey decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Massey's strongest decade
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% 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, 1917–2020 (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.