Boys' name · since 2014
Messias
60 babies named Messias 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.
- #20,914 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,423 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 60
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Messias currently ranks #10423 among boys' names in America, with 60 babies recorded since 2014.
Social Security Administration records show Messias recorded 60 times among boys since 2014, holding rank #10423 nationally today, ahead of 25% 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 2014 to 2025.
- #20,914 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,423 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 60 born since 2014
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Messias ranks #20,914 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,423 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 60 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,914 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,423 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 60
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Messias's 60 recorded births place it above 53.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Messias compares
60 19th 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
Messias's all-time total is 84% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Messias | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 60 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Messias's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Messias's full recorded timeline at 2021, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Messias popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Messias by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (38 births, 63% of the file).
2020s was Messias's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Messias births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
22 births
- 2020s
2020s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 38 births (63% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Messias: 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 Messias 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.