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Jesiah

Gender
Boy
Say it
je-SY-a
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#2,087 for boys
US rank, 2025
#864 for boys

Jesiah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 864th for boys in the US (277 babies).

What does Jesiah mean?

Hebrew: biblical name in the King James Bible; also a modern blend of Jesse and Josiah

In the King James Bible, Jesiah is one of the warriors who joined David at Ziklag.

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

Jesiah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 26 girls and 277 boys in the US.

How popular is Jesiah in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,087among boys
Babies in 2025
12about 1 in 25,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 78% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Jesiah, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th.

2025 had the most boys named Jesiah of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.

Half of all the boys named Jesiah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.

2005Busiest: 12 in 20252025
Jesiah in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202512#2,087
20249#2,515
202311#2,155
202210#2,279
20216#3,179
20206#3,108
20198#2,633
20184#4,169
20179#2,461
20166#3,241
20157#2,855
20140–
20135#3,466
20126#3,167
20114#3,986
20106#3,092
20093#4,691
20084#3,836
20070–
20060–
20053#3,992

How popular is Jesiah in the US?

Rank in 2025
#864among boys
Babies in 2025
277about 1 in 6,200 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 41% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 277 boys in the US were named Jesiah, making it the 864th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,053rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 314 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976. 26 girls were also named Jesiah in 2025 (4,986th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Jesiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 9% of the babies named Jesiah in the US were girls.

1976Busiest: 314 in 20242025
Jesiah in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025277#864
2024314#800
2023275#865
2022189#1,121
2021249#919
2020190#1,053
2019215#988
2018211#981
2017200#1,010
2016185#1,065
2015174#1,105
2014146#1,240
2013196#999
2012172#1,084
2011166#1,108
2010171#1,113
2009172#1,078
2008162#1,129
2007120#1,376
2006112#1,408
200571#1,810
200462#1,949
200354#2,073
200252#2,064
200137#2,557
200044#2,218
199926#3,099
199816#4,193
199712#4,954
199612#4,871
199513#4,502
199410#5,446
19939#5,764
19920–
199111#4,752
19907#6,408
19896#6,934
19888#5,194
19875#6,945
19860–
198510#4,047
19848#4,549
19835#6,234
19825#6,383
198110#3,856
19800–
19790–
19780–
19770–
19765#5,584

Names like Jesiah

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

Josiah Elijah Jonah Noah Matteo Isaiah Jude Elias Tobias Jeremiah Jaxon Ibrahim

Names related to Jesiah

Jasiah Jahsiah Jeziah Jeshua Jessiah Jessa Jessi

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Jesiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jesiah, updated 20 October 2026.