Masa
Masa was the 4041st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 36 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 2663rd with 66 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,733 places. More babies were named Masa in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,041 girls, down 279 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 36girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202366 babies
- Total since 1880
- 545babies recorded
Masa popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 12 since 1919.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,041 | 36 |
| 2020 | #3,762 | 39 |
| 2010 | #11,913 | 9 |
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How popular is Masa, counting every spelling?
Masa has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Masa?
36 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Masa (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Masa born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 233 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Masa.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Masa?
About 500 people born in the US named Masa are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 3 and 11. That makes Masa a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Masa by state
How common Masa was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 45 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Masa: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Masa, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Masa
How popular is the name Masa?
Masa was the 4041st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 36 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 2663rd with 66 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,733 places. More babies were named Masa in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Masa a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Masa in the US.
Where is Masa most popular?
In 2021–2025, Masa was most common in Michigan (0.08 per 1,000 girls), followed by Illinois and Texas.