Jesaiah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- jeh-ZY-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Jesaiah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is salvation”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Jesaiah mean?
Hebrew: variant of Isaiah, like German Jesaja
“God is salvation”
A form of Isaiah, close to Jesaja, the German name of the Hebrew prophet.
Is Jesaiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Jesaiah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jesaiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Jesaiah, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Jesaiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 51 boys in the US were given Jesaiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,185, up from #5,606 for this spelling alone.
- Jeziah 35
- Jesaiah 16
Jesaiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
Names like Jesaiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Asaiah, Azaiah, Jasiah, Alijah, Azariah, Jaziel, Musa, Ibrahim, Messiah, Zamir, Eziah, Aziel
Other spellings of Jesaiah
Names related to Jesaiah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Jesaiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jesaiah, updated 20 October 2026.