Jesaiah — #4508 US boys' name
284 babies named Jesaiah in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 68% of names given to boys today.
49% of everyone ever named Jesaiah was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Jesaiah in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jesaiah
The Social Security Administration has registered 284 babies named Jesaiah between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jesaiah currently holds the #4508 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jesaiah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 138 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jesaiah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jesaiah in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jesaiah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 284 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jesaiah at a glance
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Current rank
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Jesaiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2024)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #4508 among boys.
284 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 23 births in a single year.
Jesaiah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 138 births that decade — 49% of Jesaiah's all-time total
Jesaiah decade highlights
- Peak decade 138 births
- Runner-up 77 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jesaiah's strongest decade
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Jesaiah by state
Where Jesaiah concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.8% |
6 of 284 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.1% of nationwide
- Texas 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2000–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.