Messiah
Rank in 2025
#10107
recorded as girls
#207
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
1,675
girls 9 · boys 1,666
Peak year
2021
2,231 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
28,100
since 1973
Born a Messiah? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Messiah was most popular in 2021, when 2,231 babies recorded as boys got the name (1.3 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,666 babies were named Messiah, ranking #207 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 10107 | 1,666 | 207 |
| 2024 | 14 | 7594 | 1,744 | 203 |
| 2023 | 14 | 7640 | 1,916 | 189 |
| 2022 | 21 | 5793 | 2,024 | 186 |
| 2021 | 34 | 4167 | 2,231 | 172 |
| 2020 | 25 | 5003 | 2,036 | 190 |
| 2019 | 24 | 5306 | 2,037 | 193 |
| 2018 | 34 | 4144 | 2,003 | 203 |
| 2017 | 40 | 3769 | 1,987 | 198 |
| 2016 | 41 | 3707 | 1,794 | 217 |
| 2015 | 49 | 3299 | 1,516 | 243 |
| 2014 | 39 | 3848 | 1,188 | 299 |
| 2013 | 38 | 3918 | 974 | 334 |
| 2012 | 49 | 3314 | 769 | 388 |
| 2011 | 54 | 3092 | 369 | 635 |
| 2010 | 50 | 3256 | 371 | 647 |
| 2009 | 54 | 3126 | 369 | 663 |
| 2008 | 62 | 2855 | 337 | 699 |
| 2007 | 66 | 2750 | 322 | 718 |
| 2006 | 74 | 2485 | 256 | 799 |
| 2005 | 41 | 3587 | 198 | 904 |
| 2004 | 46 | 3265 | 136 | 1152 |
| 2003 | 30 | 4307 | 118 | 1230 |
| 2002 | 25 | 4767 | 105 | 1288 |
| 2001 | 15 | 6956 | 99 | 1316 |
| 2000 | 36 | 3591 | 109 | 1228 |
| 1999 | 26 | 4313 | 94 | 1294 |
| 1998 | 9 | 9260 | 44 | 2094 |
| 1997 | 7 | 10836 | 30 | 2613 |
| 1996 | 5 | 13518 | 24 | 3021 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 30 | 2500 |
| 1994 | 5 | 13430 | 14 | 4290 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 21 | 3141 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 22 | 2999 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 12 | 4476 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 6 | 7178 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 11 | 4162 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 6 | 6089 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 5 | 6721 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 9 | 4333 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 6 | 5561 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 5 | 6262 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 10 | 3838 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 5 | 6056 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 5 | 5772 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 6 | 5123 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 6 | 4935 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 6 | 4797 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 8 | 3837 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 5 | 5101 |
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Where Messiah is most popular
- District of Columbia3.1×
- Mississippi2.8×
- South Carolina2.4×
- Georgia2.3×
- Alabama2.0×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 4% · boys 96% across all years