Messiah

What Messiah means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Messiah yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Messiah?

US: Rising: up from #243 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2707 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 2,231 boys got the name (#172 that year). First in the US records in 1973.

How common

• About 1 in 1,025 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 22,661 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DC (5.14 per 1,000 boys), MS (3.32 per 1,000 boys), SC (2.5 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Messiah is #207 in the US and #2014 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.5% of US babies named Messiah were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Massiah64 US
• Masiah62 US
• Mosiah42 US · 3 E&W
• Mesiah24 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Messiah

Boys

• Nolan#65“descendant of Nuallán”^*
• Jayce#167Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #167 vs #822 in 2025
• Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”^*
• Karter#270Variant of Carter, meaning “son of Arthur”^*
• Grayson#51“steward”^*
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025

For a sister

• Adeline#59Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Willow#44From the word “willow”^*
• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Luna#27“the moon”^*
• Kinsley#93“Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland clearing”^*
• Clara#63“bright, shining, clear”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Messiah’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.