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Boy · Hebrew
Messiah
Say it: meh-SY-uh
Meaning
From Hebrew mashiach 'anointed'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A 21st-century American name.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 18,354 babies given this name since 1973
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 849 boys
- 2,034 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
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Where this comes from
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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