Messiyah — #11685 US boys' name
141 babies named Messiyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 18% of names given to boys today.
54% of everyone ever named Messiyah was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Messiyah in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Messiyah
The Social Security Administration has registered 141 babies named Messiyah between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Messiyah currently holds the #11685 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Messiyah is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 2007.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Messiyah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Messiyah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Messiyah 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 141 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.
Messiyah at a glance
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Current rank
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Messiyah popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2020)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #11685 among boys.
141 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 16 births in a single year.
Messiyah popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 2007 (Messiyah as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Messiyah accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Messiyah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 76 births that decade — 54% of Messiyah's all-time total
Messiyah decade highlights
- Peak decade 76 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Messiyah's strongest decade
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2006–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.