Missael — #6292 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Missael

The Social Security Administration has registered 528 babies named Missael between 1986 and 2024, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Missael currently holds the #6292 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Missael performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 180 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Missael shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 114 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Missael in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Missael 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 528 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.