girls:
58 births since 1988
#5658 (1st percentile)
boys:
15 births since 2021
#4571 (0th percentile)
overall:
73 births since 1988
#7666 (1st percentile)
The name Kesiah is the #7,666 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 73 recorded births since 1988. This represents the 0.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,658 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 58 births since 1988. For boys, it ranks #4,571 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 15 births since 2021.
Kesiah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1988 (1988 for girls and 2021 for boys). Birth data for Kesiah is available in 12 out of the 36 years between 1988 and 2023 (10 years for girls and 3 years for boys). 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 Kesiah has been given predominantly to girls, with 79.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Kesiah were girls. Interestingly, until around 2021, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1988 to 2020), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (75.0% boys from 2021 to 2023).
For girls, Kesiah reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #903) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
For boys, Kesiah reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #911) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Kesiah is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #911 (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kesiah".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Kesiah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 37.5% confident that Kesiah is pronounced as keh-ZAI-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kee-SAI-uh, at 15.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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