girls:
5 births since 2000
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
6 births since 1981
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
11 births since 1981
#7728 (0th percentile)
The name Masada is the #7,728 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 11 recorded births since 1981. This represents the 0.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1981. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2000.
Masada first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1981 (1981 for boys and 2000 for girls). Birth data for Masada is available in 2 out of the 20 years between 1981 and 2000. 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 Masada is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2000, 100.0% of babies named Masada were girls. Interestingly, until around 1997, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1981 to 1996), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1997 to 2000).
For boys, Masada reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #681) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1981.
For girls, Masada reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #897) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2000.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Masada".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Masada. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.9% confident that Masada is pronounced as muh-SAH-duh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mah-SAH-duh, at 12.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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