Boy name#680 of boy names
Messiah
Pronounced M AH0 S AY1 AH0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 2021
- 52 years in use
- Biblical
How popular is Messiah?
Messiah is a boys' name, and first appears in 1973. It has been given to 26,397 children — the 680th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about four times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2021, when 2,231 children were given it.
Characteristics
- Biblical (God)
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- M AH0 S AY1 AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 010
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Messiah
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Messiah
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Messiah?
- Messiah ranks 680th among boys' names in US records, with 26,397 births since 1973. Over the past decade it accounts for 19,262.
- Is Messiah a unisex name?
- No. Messiah is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Messiah most popular?
- 2021, when 2,231 children were given the name. It has been in use for 52 years and is still recorded as of 2024.