Messi — #11684 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Messi

The Social Security Administration has registered 207 babies named Messi between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Messi currently holds the #11684 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Messi performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Messi shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Messi in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Messi 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 207 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.