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Dessiah

Gender
Boy
Say it
deh-SY-ah
Origin
Modern
US rank, 2025
#4,538 for boys

Dessiah is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).

Where does Dessiah come from?

Modern: spelling of Desiah; probably De- blended with Isaiah

Meaning borrowed from Desiah.

Is Dessiah a girl's or a boy's name?

Dessiah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Dessiah in the US?

Rank in 2025
4,538th among boys
Babies in 2025
22 about 1 in 78,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 96% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Dessiah, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. It first appears in the records in 2015.

2025 had the most boys named Dessiah of any year since it first appeared, in 2015.

Half of all the boys named Dessiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.

2015Busiest: 22 in 20252025
Dessiah in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202522#4,538
20247#9,888
202318#5,250
20227#9,815
20219#8,161
20209#8,062
20199#8,209
20186#10,754
20176#10,770
20160–
20156#10,638

Names like Dessiah

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Eziah, Cassian, Kyaire, Osiah, Enoch, Nessiah, Oliver, Jasiah, Hezekiah, Kasiah, Kylo, Azaiah

Names related to Dessiah

Desiah, Desai

More Modern names

Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya

Every Modern name

Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Dessiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dessiah, updated 20 October 2026.