Jesiah
#865 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Jesiah has been given to 5,167 babies in the U.S. since 1976. In 2025 it ranked #865 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 314 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% boys, 15% girls all-time.
Babies named Jesiah, 2025
1 in 12,000
Jesiah over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Jesiah over time
In 2025, Jesiah went to 9% girls and 91% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Jesiah?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 12,000
- 277 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 6,170
- 0.02% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #865
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 8,297 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Jesiah sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 8,297 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jesiah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Jesiahs were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Jesiah was born before 2016 — so the typical Jesiah is around 9 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 41.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 94.9%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 4,394
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 41.8% of all recorded uses (1,836).
Is Jesiah rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −61
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +188
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +242
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.59×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 88.2%
- Peak was 2024 (314)
- Years since peak
- 1
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 16.6% average annual change
Spellings of Jesiah
Jesiah is not the most common spelling — Josiah is, with 61.1% against Jesiah's 1.8%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Jesiah is used — boys
Across 2016–2025, Jesiah was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 4,348 boys, against 1 in 7,445 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in 50,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Florida1 in 4,348
- 2Georgia1 in 4,348
- 3Texas1 in 5,263
- 4Alabama1 in 5,556
- 5Louisiana1 in 6,667
- 6Pennsylvania1 in 6,667
- 7California1 in 7,143
- 8Maryland1 in 7,143
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Where Jesiah is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Jesiah was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 16,667 girls, against 1 in 25,897 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 50,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Texas1 in 16,667
- 2Maryland1 in 20,000
- 3Virginia1 in 20,000
- 4North Carolina1 in 25,000
- 5California1 in 33,333
- 6New Jersey1 in 33,333
- 7New York1 in 33,333
- 8Florida1 in 50,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Jesiah around the world
Where Jesiah ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2005–2025#2,014in 2025
- Canada1995–2024#1,964in 2024
- South Australia1999–1999#539in 1999
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Jesiah by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Jesiah
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Names with a curve like Jesiah
Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jesiah, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.
Sibling names for Jesiah
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.