girls:
442 births since 1919
#5274 (8th percentile)
boys:
12 births since 1919
#4574 (0th percentile)
overall:
454 births since 1919
#7285 (6th percentile)
The name Masa is the #7,285 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 454 recorded births since 1919. This represents the 5.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,274 (7.7% percentile) for all time with 442 births since 1919. For boys, it ranks #4,574 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 12 births since 1919.
Masa first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1919 . Birth data for Masa is available in 23 out of the 105 years between 1919 and 2023 (23 years for girls and 2 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Masa has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.4% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Masa reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 6.4% percentile (ranked #886) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 38 births per million (ranked 6.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Masa is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #886 (6.4% percentile) with 38 births per million.
For boys, Masa reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #878) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1919, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2010.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Masa".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Masa. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 80.0% confident that Masa is pronounced as MAH-suh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAH-sah, at 20.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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