Boys' name · since 2014
Messai
73 babies named Messai in U.S. Social Security records since 2014, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,558 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,136 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 73
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Messai is the #8136 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 73 recorded since 2014.
Messai has 73 recorded births among boys since 2014, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8136 as of the latest data, more common than 42% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2025.
- #19,558 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,136 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 73 born since 2014
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Messai ranks #19,558 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,136 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 73 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,558 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,136 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 73
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Messai's 73 recorded births place it above 56.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Messai compares
73 21st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Messai's all-time total is 80% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Messai | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 73 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Messai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Messai's full recorded timeline at 2021, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Messai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Messai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (55 births, 75% of the file).
2020s was Messai's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Messai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 55 births (75% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Messai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 2014–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Messai 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 August 2026.