girls:
12 births since 2005
#5704 (0th percentile)
boys:
42 births since 2014
#4544 (1st percentile)
overall:
54 births since 2005
#7685 (1st percentile)
The name Mesiyah is the #7,685 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 54 recorded births since 2005. This represents the 0.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,544 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 42 births since 2014. For girls, it ranks #5,704 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 12 births since 2005.
Mesiyah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2005 (2005 for girls and 2014 for boys). Birth data for Mesiyah is available in 8 out of the 16 years between 2005 and 2020 (6 years for boys and 2 years for girls). 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 Mesiyah has been given predominantly to boys, with 77.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2020, 100.0% of babies named Mesiyah were boys. Interestingly, until around 2015, the name was more popular for girls (70.6% girls from 2005 to 2014), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2015 to 2020).
For boys, Mesiyah reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #896) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
For girls, Mesiyah reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #935) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2012.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mesiyah".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Mesiyah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.3% confident that Mesiyah is pronounced as meh-SEE-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is meh-SAI-uh, at 29.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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