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Jesiah

Pronunciation
[Je-si-ah]
Gender
Male
Meaning
Variant Of Joshua. Variant Of Jesse Jehovah Exists.
Origin
Hebrew

Jesiah Popularity Snapshot

Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 4,112 baby boys have been named Jesiah. The name peaked in 2024 with 312 US births that year (rank #805). In 2024, ranked #805 nationally.

Top States for Jesiah

Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Jesiah births are: Texas (486), California (471), Florida (308).

Other Hebrew-Origin Names Like Jesiah

If you like Jesiah's Hebrew origin, consider these related names: Aalijah, Aaron, Abagail, Abaigael, Abaigeal. Browse all Hebrew names →

6-Letter Names Starting with J

Names with Jesiah's exact length and starting letter: Jabari, Jabbar, Jacira, Jackie, Jaclyn.

Quick Facts About Jesiah

1,531
Hebrew baby names in our dictionary
695
Hebrew male names
275
6-letter J-names in our dictionary
431
J-male names total
2018–2025
years of US SSA records (6 total)
1,538
total US births named Jesiah (all years)

US Popularity History (2018–2025)

🔥 Rising fast: Jesiah climbed 53 places in the US boys ranking over the last 4 years (#918 in 2021 → #865 in 2025).

Annual US births named Jesiah by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2024 with 312 boys named Jesiah (boy rank #805 that year).

Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #865 for boys (277 US births). That's 60 places below its 2024 peak.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.

Where in the US Is Jesiah Most Popular?

Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Jesiah the strongest states are Alabama, Maryland, Massachusetts.

Strongest boys-name states

# State Avg rank Births
1 Alabama #565 34
2 Maryland #665 29
3 Massachusetts #696 25
4 Florida #699 177
5 Georgia #734 100
6 South Carolina #742 16
7 Missouri #747 21
8 Texas #790 290
9 Louisiana #798 23
10 Pennsylvania #810 60

Weakest boys-name states

# State Avg rank Births
1 Illinois #898 28
2 New York #891 73
3 Indiana #886 36
4 North Carolina #871 28
5 California #859 198
6 Virginia #858 35
7 New Jersey #857 35
8 Pennsylvania #810 60
9 Louisiana #798 23
10 Texas #790 290

Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Jesiah in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.

Variant Forms

NameMeaningGenderOrigin
Jessey Variant Of Jesse Jehovah Exists. Male Hebrew
Jessie Rich Female Hebrew
Jessy Variant Of Jesse Jehovah Exists. Male Hebrew

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