Massiah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ma-SY-ah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #2,207 for boys
Massiah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “anointed one”. In 2025 it ranked 2,207th for boys in the US (64 babies).
What does Massiah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Messiah
“anointed one”
A respelling of Messiah, from Hebrew mashiach, the anointed deliverer of Jewish hope, identified with Jesus by Christians.
Is Massiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Massiah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 64 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Massiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 64about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 64 boys in the US were named Massiah, making it the 2,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,463rd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 124 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had fewer boys named Massiah than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Massiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 148 boys in the US were given Massiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,183, up from #2,207 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 34% of the babies named Massiah in the US in 2008, and 6% in 2017.
Massiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #2,207 |
| 2024 | 81 | #1,938 |
| 2023 | 81 | #1,928 |
| 2022 | 106 | #1,634 |
| 2021 | 124 | #1,454 |
| 2020 | 117 | #1,463 |
| 2019 | 112 | #1,515 |
| 2018 | 115 | #1,498 |
| 2017 | 111 | #1,502 |
| 2016 | 83 | #1,811 |
| 2015 | 81 | #1,826 |
| 2014 | 77 | #1,883 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,224 |
| 2012 | 58 | #2,237 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
Names like Massiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Asaiah Muhammad Zamir Azariah Azaiah Asiah Ibrahim Abdullah Mustafa Uzziah Zahir
Other spellings of Massiah
Names related to Massiah
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Massiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/massiah, updated 20 October 2026.