Unisex name · since 1988
Kesiah
Kesiah has 63 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,321 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,546 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 63
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
63 babies have been named Kesiah since 1988, making it today's #15546 unisex name.
Kesiah has 63 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15546 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #32,321 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,546 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 63 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kesiah ranks #32,321 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,546 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 63 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #32,321 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,546 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 63
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kesiah's 63 recorded births place it above 55.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kesiah compares
63 18th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kesiah's all-time total is 83% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kesiah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 63 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kesiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kesiah's full recorded timeline at 2003, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kesiah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Kesiah popularity over time - boys
15 total births recorded since 2021 (Kesiah as boys' name)
Kesiah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (32 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Kesiah's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Kesiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window. * 2020s covers 2020–2025 only (six of ten years), so it is not directly comparable to a full decade.
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
32 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s* 10
2020s (partial decade: 2020–2025, six of ten years)
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 32 births (51% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kesiah's data
- Kesiah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (32 total births) through the 2020s (10, 2020–2025 only) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kesiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kesiah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.