Kesia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KESS-ee-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Kesia is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “cassia”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Kesia mean?
Hebrew: variant spelling of Kezia or Keziah, from Hebrew qetsiah
“cassia”
Variant of Kezia, one of Job's daughters in the Bible, from Hebrew qetsiah, the spice cassia.
Is Kesia a girl's or a boy's name?
Kesia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kesia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kesia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Kesia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Kesia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Kesia, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1977, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.
Half of all the girls named Kesia in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kesia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,421 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,888 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,852 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,098 |
| 1977 | 30 | #2,715 |
| 1976 | 28 | #2,727 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,276 |
| 1971 | 22 | #3,062 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 29 | #2,204 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,107 |
Names like Kesia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica, Kiara, Abigail, Molly, Mia, Hannah, Erin, Sarah, Lydia, Talia, Emily, Francesca
Names related to Kesia
Kezia, Keisha, Kasia, Kiesha, Kesha, Keshia, Keyshia, Cesia, Keysi, Keasia
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Kesia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kesia, updated 20 October 2026.