Kessiah

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Peak · boys
#3,848
2025 · 28 births
Debut · boys
2017
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
88
since 2017

Kessiah over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank1990200020102020peak #11,417, 2006girlsboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025—#3,84828
2024—#4,70121
2023—#5,66616
2022—#12,3305
2021#15,2515#10,7996
2020—#10,6056
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First appearance
2017

The first year at least five boys were named Kessiah! It came in at #10,775, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2018–2019, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Kessiah is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,216 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,370 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Kessiah, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Georgia#1,216 · 1 in 8,370

Best ever in a state: #1,216 in Georgia, 2025.

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Georgia#1,21661 in 8,370
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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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See more about Kessiah
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 6,757 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #3,848)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2017
  • Peaked 2025 at #3,848 (28 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 61,003
  • Highest: 1 in 61,003 boys born in 2025 were named Kessiah (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 93.2% of all boys named Kessiah (82) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2017
  • Mostly girls until 2016, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2010s6#10,775 (2017)#10,775
2020s82#3,848 (2025)#7,992

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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