Kessiah — #4859 US boys' name
60 babies named Kessiah in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 66% of names given to boys today.
90% of everyone ever named Kessiah was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Kessiah in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kessiah
The Social Security Administration has registered 60 babies named Kessiah between 2017 and 2024, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kessiah currently holds the #4859 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 21 babies received it in a single year. Kessiah is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 58 additional births since 1996.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kessiah performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kessiah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kessiah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kessiah 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 60 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.
Kessiah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kessiah popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2017
- Peak year (2024)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
Currently ranks #4859 among boys.
60 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 21 births in a single year.
Kessiah popularity over time — girls
58 total births recorded since 1996 (Kessiah as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Kessiah accounts for 49% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kessiah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 54 births that decade — 90% of Kessiah's all-time total
Kessiah decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Kessiah's strongest decade
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 90% of all-time use.
Kessiah by state
Where Kessiah concentrates geographically — total births since 2017
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 8.3% |
5 of 60 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.3% 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, 2017–2024 (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.