Masculine dossier · first seen 1973

Messiah

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Messiah
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2021

Peak rank proxy

2,231

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Alpha

1973Peak 20212024

Peak year

2021

Decline from peak

22.3%

2024

1,734

All-time

25,371

Messiah has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2021, when 2,231 boys were named Messiah.

In 2024, only 1,734 boys were given the name.

Down 22.3% from its peak.

All told, about 25,371 Americans have been named Messiah and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1973.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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