Messi peaked in the US in 2013 at #4,804, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Messi as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
Canada
2024
#10,938 (6)
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2023
#6,220 (14)
#4,108 (4)
#2,921 (5)
2022
#6,147 (14)
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2021
#8,166 (9)
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2020
#6,296 (13)
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2019
#7,173 (11)
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2018
#8,819 (8)
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2017
#6,060 (14)
#3,996 (4)
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2016
#6,053 (14)
#3,478 (5)
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2015
#6,324 (13)
#4,747 (3)
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2014
#5,733 (15)
#3,895 (4)
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2013
#4,804 (19)
#3,315 (5)
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2012
#8,158 (9)
#3,987 (4)
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2011
#7,009 (11)
#3,830 (4)
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2010
#5,741 (15)
#3,332 (5)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 2013 at #4,804.
First recorded in the US in 2006.
Spellings
Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.