Boys' name · since 2014
Messyah
Since 2014, U.S. Social Security records show 40 babies named Messyah, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 40
- total births
- 2014–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that decade
Messyah is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 40 have been recorded since 2014.
Social Security Administration records show Messyah recorded 40 times among boys since 2014, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, 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.
- 40 total births
- 2014–2025 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 60% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Messyah's 40 recorded births place it above 48% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Messyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Messyah's full recorded timeline at 2021, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% 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 2023 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Messyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Messyah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Messyah's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Messyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
- 2020s
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 24 births (60% of all-time use).
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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, 2014–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Messyah: Baby Name Since 2014 - 40 Births, Peak 2023." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/messyah. 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 Messyah 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.