Essiah
Boy · ee-ZY-uh · Hebrew
Essiah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is salvation”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Essiah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Esiah, itself a variant spelling of Isaiah
“God is salvation”
Isaiah was an 8th-century BC prophet whose book is one of the longest in the Hebrew Bible.
- Say it
- ee-ZY-uh
Meaning borrowed from Esiah.
Is Essiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Essiah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Essiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Essiah, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Essiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 52 boys in the US were given Essiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,156, up from #4,856 for this spelling alone.
- Esiah 32
- Essiah 20
Essiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
Names like Essiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eziah Asaiah Asiah Eliam Azariah Messiah Azaiah Jasiah Aziel Joziah Ezariah Jaziel
Other spellings of Essiah
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