Girls' name · since 1974
Messina
117 babies named Messina in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 117
- total births
- 1974–2006
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
Messina sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 117 recorded since 1974.
Social Security Administration records show Messina recorded 117 times among girls since 1974, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2006.
- 117 total births
- 1974–2006 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 43% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Messina's 117 recorded births place it above 65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Messina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Messina's full recorded timeline at 1984, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Messina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2006
- Peak year (1977)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Messina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Messina's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Messina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
50 births
- 1980s
1980s
24 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 50 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Messina's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (50 total births) through the 2000s (33) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1974–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Messina: Baby Name Since 1974 - 117 Births, Peak 1977." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/messina. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Messina 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 July 2026.