Messina — girls' name

What the Data Says About Messina

The Social Security Administration has registered 117 babies named Messina between 1974 and 2006, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Messina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Messina performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Messina shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Messina 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 117 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.