Jessiah
Recorded 1978–2025 · United States
Jessiah was most popular in 2020, when 164 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,487 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,652, with 95 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,634 people named Jessiah.
Jessiah over time
How old is the name Jessiah?
Jessiah first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1978, which makes it about 47 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 40 of the 48 years since.
How many people are named Jessiah?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,634 American births named Jessiah between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,607 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Jessiah in 2025?
95 American babies were named Jessiah in 2025, ranking #3,652 that year.
Is Jessiah getting more or less popular?
Jessiah is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 121 births a year, against 107 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +13% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Jessiah a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Jessiah is mostly a boy’s name — 13.2% of the 2,634 Americans given it were girls and 86.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 11% girls and 89% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Jessiah?
Roughly 2,607 Americans named Jessiah are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 10 years old, and half are between 6 and 17. That is a narrow band because Jessiah is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Jessiah is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org