# Kezia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kezia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “cassia tree” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Keziah, Keisha |
| US babies named this | 2,424 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,424 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,036, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew קְצִיעָה (“cassia tree”). Compare cassia.

## What it means

Kezia is grouped under forest.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 51 | 3,245 |
| 2012 | 58 | 2,955 |
| 2013 | 59 | 2,884 |
| 2014 | 53 | 3,127 |
| 2015 | 70 | 2,576 |
| 2016 | 54 | 3,083 |
| 2017 | 58 | 2,884 |
| 2018 | 55 | 2,984 |
| 2019 | 65 | 2,669 |
| 2020 | 60 | 2,764 |
| 2021 | 46 | 3,416 |
| 2022 | 60 | 2,843 |
| 2023 | 58 | 2,920 |
| 2024 | 53 | 3,065 |
| 2025 | 60 | 2,840 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 33 | 1,043 |
| 2012 | 41 | 902 |
| 2013 | 24 | 1,360 |
| 2014 | 25 | 1,299 |
| 2015 | 28 | 1,204 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,635 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,568 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2,187 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,703 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2,042 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,962 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,685 |
| 2023 | 24 | 1,325 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,819 |
| 2025 | 13 | 2,138 |

## People named Kezia

- Kezia Dugdale, former Scottish politician (born 1981)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.