Masai
Boy · mah-SY
Masai is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,509th for boys in the US (116 babies).
What does Masai mean?
From the Maasai people of Kenya and Tanzania
Shares its name with the Maasai, a semi-nomadic, cattle-herding people of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania.
- Say it
- mah-SY
Is Masai a girl's or a boy's name?
Masai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls and 116 boys in the US.
How popular is Masai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,509among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 116about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 110% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 116 boys in the US were named Masai, making it the 1,509th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,545th. It first appears in the records in 1973. 12 girls were also named Masai in 2025 (8,360th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Masai of any year since it first appeared, in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Masai in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 136 boys in the US were given Masai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,237, up from #1,509 for this spelling alone.
Masai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 116 | #1,509 |
| 2024 | 89 | #1,820 |
| 2023 | 77 | #1,985 |
| 2022 | 66 | #2,190 |
| 2021 | 45 | #2,774 |
| 2020 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2019 | 51 | #2,555 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,437 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
Names like Masai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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