Jessiah
The Story of Jessiah
As a girl name
American parents first put Jessiah on the record books as a girl name in 2000, with 9 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2015, when 27 Jessiahs were born — ranking #4,981 that year. About 48% of every Jessiah on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jessiah ranks #9,592 for girls with 7 births, falling sharply (-42%). All told, over 357 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Jessiah on the record books as a boy name in 1978, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2020, when 144 Jessiahs were born — ranking #1,271 that year. About 42% of every Jessiah on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jessiah ranks #1,838 for boys with 89 births, falling sharply (-24%). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Jessiah
Jessiah is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1978 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Jessiah's peak popularity came in 2020 when it ranked #1,271. Use the chart and map above to compare Jessiah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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