Messina
Messina was last recorded in 2006, when 8 babies were given it; 117 Americans have been recorded with it between 1974 and 2006 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Messina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Messina?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #13,199, in 2006; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
11 babies in 1977, the peak
Messina peaked in 1977, when 11 girls were given it, #5,752 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 8 | #13,199 | 4.2 |
| 2004 | 5 | #17,893 | 2.7 |
| 2003 | 5 | #17,470 | 2.7 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,685 | 4.4 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,674 | 3.9 |
| 1999 | 10 | #9,250 | 5.6 |
| 1986 | 5 | #12,120 | 2.9 |
| 1984 | 5 | #11,533 | 3.0 |
| 1982 | 6 | #10,005 | 3.5 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,873 | 4.8 |
Every recorded year (16)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 11 | #6,012 | 6.9 |
| 1978 | 7 | #8,218 | 4.6 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,752 | 7.2 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,833 | 4.1 |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,655 | 4.1 |
| 1974 | 9 | #6,063 | 6.1 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Messina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Messina has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 16 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Messina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Messina, and how old are they?
An estimated 113 Americans named Messina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 44 years old and half are between 26 and 49. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 202 people named Messina (196 women and girls, 6 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 114 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.8 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).