girls:
705 births since 2002
#5011 (12th percentile)
boys:
3.8k births since 1976
#2012 (56th percentile)
overall:
4.5k births since 1976
#4073 (47th percentile)
The name Jesiah is the #4,073 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,503 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 47.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 47.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,012 (56.1% percentile) for all time with 3,798 births since 1976. For girls, it ranks #5,011 (12.3% percentile) for all time with 705 births since 2002.
Jesiah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (1976 for boys and 2002 for girls). Birth data for Jesiah is available in 42 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023 (42 years for boys and 17 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jesiah has been given predominantly to boys, with 84.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 83.7% of babies named Jesiah were boys.
For boys, Jesiah reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 29.1% percentile (ranked #646) with 149 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 149 births per million (ranked 29.1% percentile). Despite a peak around 2013, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Jesiah is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #646 (29.1% percentile) with 149 births per million.
For girls, Jesiah reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 10.8% percentile (ranked #847) with 57 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 57 births per million (ranked 10.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jesiah ranks #899 for girls (5.1% percentile) with 30 births per million, which is 53.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jesiah".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Jesiah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Jesiah is pronounced as jeh-SAI-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JEH-sai-uh, at 23.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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