Mesiah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- meh-SY-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Mesiah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “anointed one”. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Mesiah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Messiah; from mashiach, via Greek and Latin
“anointed one”
From Hebrew mashiach, 'anointed one', the title given in Judaism to a promised deliverer and in Christianity to Jesus.
Meaning borrowed from Messiah.
Is Mesiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Mesiah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mesiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,248among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Mesiah, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 40 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Mesiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,690 boys in the US were given Mesiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #233, up from #4,248 for this spelling alone.
- Messiah 1,666
- Mesiah 24
Mesiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 36 | #3,291 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,772 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,915 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,423 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 40 | #2,950 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
Names like Mesiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Azariah Asaiah Musa Eziah Jasiah Alijah Asiah Azaiah Massiah Jesiah Muhammad Joziah
Other spellings of Mesiah
Names related to Mesiah
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Mesiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mesiah, updated 20 October 2026.