Meaning and history
This name comes from the English word meaning “saviour,” ultimately from Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mashiyaḥ), meaning “anointed.” In the Old Testament, the word refers to a future king of the Jewish people, and in the New Testament it is translated as Christ and used as a title for Jesus.
20062006: 256 births, rank #799
2007: 322 births, rank #718
2008: 337 births, rank #699
2009: 369 births, rank #663
2010: 371 births, rank #647
20112011: 369 births, rank #635
2012: 769 births, rank #388
2013: 974 births, rank #334
2014: 1,188 births, rank #299
2015: 1,516 births, rank #243
20162016: 1,794 births, rank #217
2017: 1,987 births, rank #198
2018: 2,003 births, rank #203
2019: 2,037 births, rank #193
2020: 2,036 births, rank #190
20212021: 2,231 births, rank #172
2022: 2,024 births, rank #186
2023: 1,916 births, rank #189
2024: 1,744 births, rank #203
20252025: 1,666 births, rank #207
Messiah moved from #203 to #207 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2021, with 2,231 births.