Messiah — #203 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Messiah

The Social Security Administration has registered 25,371 babies named Messiah between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Messiah currently holds the #203 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 2,231 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Messiah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 12,999 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Messiah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,397 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Messiah in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Messiah 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 25,371 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.