Messiah
#692 most common boys' name of all time · #1,550 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1973–2025
Rank among boys
#692
Rank overall
#1,550 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
28,100
Since 2016
19,694
Peak year
2021 #172
Best rank
#172 2021
Girls
Boys
peak 2,265/yr
Messiah first appears in 1973. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 1,666 | 1,675 | #208 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1,744 | 1,758 | #203 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,916 | 1,930 | #189 |
| 2022 | 21 | 2,024 | 2,045 | #186 |
| 2021 | 34 | 2,231 | 2,265 | #172 |
| 2020 | 25 | 2,036 | 2,061 | #190 |
| 2019 | 24 | 2,037 | 2,061 | #193 |
| 2018 | 34 | 2,003 | 2,037 | #203 |
| 2017 | 40 | 1,987 | 2,027 | #198 |
| 2016 | 41 | 1,794 | 1,835 | #217 |
| 2015 | 49 | 1,516 | 1,565 | #244 |
| 2014 | 39 | 1,188 | 1,227 | #299 |
| 2013 | 38 | 974 | 1,012 | #334 |
| 2012 | 49 | 769 | 818 | #389 |
| 2011 | 54 | 369 | 423 | #635 |
| 2010 | 50 | 371 | 421 | #649 |
| 2009 | 54 | 369 | 423 | #665 |
| 2008 | 62 | 337 | 399 | #700 |
| 2007 | 66 | 322 | 388 | #719 |
| 2006 | 74 | 256 | 330 | #799 |
| 2005 | 41 | 198 | 239 | #905 |
| 2004 | 46 | 136 | 182 | #1,157 |
| 2003 | 30 | 118 | 148 | #1,232 |
| 2002 | 25 | 105 | 130 | #1,293 |
| 2001 | 15 | 99 | 114 | #1,324 |
| 2000 | 36 | 109 | 145 | #1,232 |
| 1999 | 26 | 94 | 120 | #1,300 |
| 1998 | 9 | 44 | 53 | #2,116 |
| 1997 | 7 | 30 | 37 | #2,657 |
| 1996 | 5 | 24 | 29 | #3,076 |
| 1995 | — | 30 | 30 | #2,538 |
| 1994 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #4,432 |
| 1993 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,212 |
| 1992 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,071 |
| 1991 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,649 |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,587 |
| 1988 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,374 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,550 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,304 |
| 1985 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,596 |
| 1984 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,067 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,867 |
| 1980 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,076 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,702 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,424 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,628 |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,449 |
| 1975 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,340 |
| 1974 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,171 |
| 1973 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,834 |