Jessiah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- jeh-SY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #1,808 for boys
Jessiah is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,808th for boys in the US (88 babies).
What does Jessiah mean?
Modern: blend of Jesse and Josiah
Blends Jesse with the -iah ending of names like Josiah; the King James Bible has a similar name, Jesiah.
Is Jessiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Jessiah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 88 boys in the US.
How popular is Jessiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,808among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 88about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 88 boys in the US were named Jessiah, making it the 1,808th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,271st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 144 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978. 7 girls were also named Jessiah in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Jessiah than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Jessiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jessiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 88 | #1,808 |
| 2024 | 103 | #1,641 |
| 2023 | 96 | #1,727 |
| 2022 | 130 | #1,414 |
| 2021 | 143 | #1,307 |
| 2020 | 144 | #1,271 |
| 2019 | 116 | #1,479 |
| 2018 | 138 | #1,317 |
| 2017 | 132 | #1,348 |
| 2016 | 97 | #1,641 |
| 2015 | 117 | #1,444 |
| 2014 | 104 | #1,536 |
| 2013 | 97 | #1,588 |
| 2012 | 78 | #1,862 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,231 |
| 2010 | 63 | #2,117 |
| 2009 | 85 | #1,773 |
| 2008 | 59 | #2,236 |
| 2007 | 63 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 38 | #2,931 |
| 2005 | 51 | #2,293 |
| 2004 | 41 | #2,595 |
| 2003 | 37 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
Nicknames for Jessiah
- Jess 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Jessiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jasiah Josiah Jesiah Eziah Messiah Joziah Jax Jaxton Jaziel Jayceon Jamari Judah
Names related to Jessiah
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Jessiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jessiah, updated 20 October 2026.