Jesiah
- #4,987 for girls in 2025, 26 births
- #864 for boys in 2025, 277 births
- Given to boys 85.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 314 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,394since 1976
Jesiah over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,987 | 26 | #864 | 277 |
| 2024 | #3,639 | 42 | #800 | 314 |
| 2023 | #3,091 | 53 | #865 | 275 |
| 2022 | #3,073 | 53 | #1,121 | 189 |
| 2021 | #2,309 | 79 | #919 | 249 |
| 2020 | #2,441 | 71 | #1,053 | 190 |
| 2019 | #2,962 | 55 | #988 | 215 |
| 2018 | #2,584 | 67 | #981 | 211 |
| 2017 | #1,889 | 107 | #1,010 | 200 |
| 2016 | #2,667 | 65 | #1,065 | 185 |
| 2015 | #2,590 | 69 | #1,105 | 174 |
| 2014 | #4,892 | 28 | #1,240 | 146 |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 | #999 | 196 |
| 2012 | — | #1,084 | 172 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,108 | 166 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,113 | 171 | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | #1,078 | 172 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #1,129 | 162 |
| 2007 | — | #1,376 | 120 | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #1,408 | 112 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | #1,813 | 71 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #1,953 | 62 |
| 2003 | — | #2,077 | 54 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #2,068 | 52 |
| 2001 | — | #2,562 | 37 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,222 | 44 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,103 | 26 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,197 | 16 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,960 | 12 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,878 | 12 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,508 | 13 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,452 | 10 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
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| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
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| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,858 | 10 | |
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| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1976
The first year at least five boys were named Jesiah! It came in at #5,587, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1976–1980, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jesiah is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Maryland#475 · 1 in 2,290
- Massachusetts#555 · 1 in 3,378
- Florida#585 · 1 in 3,294
- Kentucky#625 · 1 in 3,423
- Texas#661 · 1 in 3,890
Best ever in a state: #317 in Connecticut, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #475 | 10 | 1 in 2,290 |
| Massachusetts | #555 | 8 | 1 in 3,378 |
| Florida | #585 | 29 | 1 in 3,294 |
| Kentucky | #625 | 6 | 1 in 3,423 |
| Texas | #661 | 45 | 1 in 3,890 |
| Wisconsin | #678 | 6 | 1 in 3,905 |
| Illinois | #711 | 12 | 1 in 4,129 |
| Indiana | #711 | 8 | 1 in 3,958 |
| Washington | #737 | 8 | 1 in 4,100 |
| South Carolina | #743 | 5 | 1 in 4,240 |
| California | #754 | 34 | 1 in 5,161 |
| North Carolina | #775 | 11 | 1 in 4,679 |
| Missouri | #789 | 6 | 1 in 4,635 |
| Georgia | #792 | 11 | 1 in 4,566 |
| Pennsylvania | #913 | 8 | 1 in 6,532 |
| New Jersey | #915 | 6 | 1 in 6,628 |
| Ohio | #940 | 8 | 1 in 6,567 |
| New York | #994 | 12 | 1 in 7,035 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 64 spots since 2024 (#800 → #864)
- 189 spots since 2020 (#1,053 → #864)
- Biggest jump: 256 spots in 2023
- Biggest drop: 241 spots in 2014
Rise & fade · boys
48 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1976
- Peaked 2024 at #800 (314 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2023–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,487
- Highest: 1 in 5,487 boys born in 2024 were named Jesiah (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,166 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 41.8% of all boys named Jesiah (1,836) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #5,587 (1976) | #5,587 |
| 1980s | 57 | #3,858 (1981) | #5,522 |
| 1990s | 116 | #3,103 (1999) | #4,894 |
| 2000s | 886 | #1,078 (2009) | #1,769 |
| 2010s | 1,836 | #981 (2018) | #1,069 |
| 2020s | 1,494 | #800 (2024) | #937 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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