NameTides

Messiah

Messiah was the #207 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,666 babies), and #2,014 in England & Wales and #1,500 in Canada.

Messiah as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Messiah as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Messiah as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#207 (1,666)#2,014 (12)#1,500 (15)
2024#203 (1,744)#1,675 (15)#1,306 (17)
2023#189 (1,916)#1,407 (18)#1,192 (18)
2022#186 (2,024)#1,534 (16)#989 (23)
2021#172 (2,231)#1,391 (18)#1,342 (15)
2020#190 (2,036)#2,404 (8)#999 (22)
2019#193 (2,037)#2,488 (8)#1,152 (18)
2018#203 (2,003)#1,786 (13)#1,836 (9)
2017#198 (1,987)#1,398 (18)#1,510 (12)
2016#217 (1,794)#3,478 (5)#1,831 (9)
2015#243 (1,516)#2,707 (7)#1,681 (10)
2014#299 (1,188)—#1,936 (8)
2013#334 (974)#4,685 (3)—
2012#388 (769)#3,987 (4)#2,158 (7)
2011#635 (369)#3,300 (5)#2,629 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #172.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1973.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Messiah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,100 to 1 in 1,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Messiah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #300WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #576WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #338MNIllinois: #198ILMichigan: #128MINew York: #248NYMassachusetts: #223MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #140NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #379IAIndiana: #239INOhio: #205OHPennsylvania: #213PANew Jersey: #313NJConnecticut: #157CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #321CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #366CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #218MOKentucky: #375KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #195VAMaryland: #171MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #332AZNew Mexico: #213NMKansas: #352KSArkansas: #221ARTennessee: #211TNNorth Carolina: #149NCSouth Carolina: #95SCDistrict of Columbia: #60DCOklahoma: #232OKLouisiana: #127LAMississippi: #64MSAlabama: #101ALGeorgia: #91GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #212TXFlorida: #148FL
Messiah (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,1239

Messiah (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MessiahCanadaBoys#1,50015
MessiahEngland & WalesBoys#2,01412
MessiahUSGirls#10,1079
MessiahUSBoys#2071,666