Keziah — #866 US girls' name
4,533 babies named Keziah in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 95% of names given to girls today.
35% of everyone ever named Keziah was born in this single decade.
311 babies were named Keziah in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keziah
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,533 babies named Keziah between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Keziah currently holds the #866 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 311 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keziah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,580 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Keziah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 404 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Keziah in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keziah 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 4,533 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.
Keziah at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Keziah popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1972
- Peak year (2024)
- 311
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
Currently ranks #866 among girls.
4,533 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 311 births in a single year.
Keziah popularity over time — boys
173 total births recorded since 1994 (Keziah as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Keziah accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Keziah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,580 births that decade — 35% of Keziah's all-time total
Keziah decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,580 births
- Runner-up 1,195 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Keziah's strongest decade
1,580 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Keziah by state
Where Keziah concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 404 | 8.9% |
| #2 | California | | 333 | 7.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 305 | 6.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 265 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 184 | 4.1% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 127 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 105 | 2.3% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 101 | 2.2% |
404 of 4,533 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.9% of nationwide
- California 7.3% of nationwide
- Florida 6.7% of nationwide
- New York 5.8% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 31 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Keziah appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1972–2024 (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.