boys:
658 births since 1973
#3929 (14th percentile)
overall:
658 births since 1973
#7081 (8th percentile)
The name Masai is the #7,081 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 658 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 8.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,929 (14.3% percentile) for all time with 658 births since 1973.
Masai first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (first recorded for boys in 1973). Birth data for Masai is available in 35 out of the 51 years between 1973 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Masai reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 7.8% percentile (ranked #840) with 42 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 42 births per million (ranked 7.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Masai is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #840 (7.8% percentile) with 42 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Masai".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Masai. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 32.6% confident that Masai is pronounced as muh-SAI, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mah-SAH-ee, at 23.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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