girls:
4.2k births since 1972
#2646 (54th percentile)
boys:
155 births since 1994
#4431 (3rd percentile)
overall:
4.4k births since 1972
#4137 (47th percentile)
The name Keziah is the #4,137 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,374 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 46.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 46.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,646 (53.7% percentile) for all time with 4,219 births since 1972. For boys, it ranks #4,431 (3.3% percentile) for all time with 155 births since 1994.
Keziah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (1972 for girls and 1994 for boys). Birth data for Keziah is available in 51 out of the 52 years between 1972 and 2023 (51 years for girls and 19 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 Keziah has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 93.4% of babies named Keziah were girls.
For girls, Keziah reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 24.4% percentile (ranked #716) with 137 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 137 births per million (ranked 24.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1987, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Keziah is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #716 (24.4% percentile) with 137 births per million.
For boys, Keziah reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #899) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Keziah is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #899 (1.3% percentile) with 9 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Keziah".
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Our model has identified 9 different pronunciations for the name Keziah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 33.3% confident that Keziah is pronounced as keh-ZAI-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kih-ZAI-uh, at 13.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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