Boys' name · since 2012
Messer
85 babies named Messer in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,495 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,677 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 85
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Messer currently ranks #4677 among boys' names in America, with 85 babies recorded since 2012.
Social Security Administration records show Messer recorded 85 times among boys since 2012, holding rank #4677 nationally today, ahead of 66% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.
- #18,495 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,677 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 85 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Messer ranks #18,495 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,677 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 85 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,495 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,677 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 85
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Messer's 85 recorded births place it above 59.28% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Messer compares
85 23rd 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
Messer's all-time total is 77% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Messer | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 85 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 34 | 22,252 |
Messer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Messer's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Messer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Messer by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (70 births, 82% of the file).
2020s was Messer's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 82% of all-time use.
Messer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
- 2020s
2020s
70 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 70 births (82% of all-time use).
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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, 2012–2025 (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 Messer 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.