Unisex name · since 1999
Nesiah
Nesiah has 95 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,700 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,491 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 95
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
95 babies have been named Nesiah since 1999, making it today's #12491 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Nesiah recorded 95 times among girls since 1999, holding rank #12491 nationally today, ahead of 28% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #27,700 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,491 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 95 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nesiah ranks #27,700 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,491 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 95 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #27,700 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,491 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 95
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nesiah's 95 recorded births place it above 61.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nesiah compares
95 24th 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
Nesiah's all-time total is 75% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nesiah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 95 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nesiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nesiah splits its recorded history at 2012: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2006 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nesiah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Nesiah popularity over time - boys
37 total births recorded since 2008 (Nesiah as boys' name)
Nesiah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (57 births, 60% of the file).
2010s was Nesiah's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Nesiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 20
2000s
20 births
- 2010s
2010s
57 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 57 births (60% of all-time use).
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- Nesiah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (57 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Nesiah 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.