# Keziah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/keziah/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Kizziah |
| US babies named this | 5,086 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 197 / 4,889 (96% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,537, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew קְצִיעָה (Qəṣî‘āh).

## 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 | 138 | 1,584 |
| 2012 | 134 | 1,617 |
| 2013 | 145 | 1,519 |
| 2014 | 157 | 1,451 |
| 2015 | 163 | 1,420 |
| 2016 | 173 | 1,366 |
| 2017 | 167 | 1,384 |
| 2018 | 178 | 1,286 |
| 2019 | 181 | 1,280 |
| 2020 | 200 | 1,167 |
| 2021 | 224 | 1,106 |
| 2022 | 221 | 1,117 |
| 2023 | 239 | 1,054 |
| 2024 | 312 | 868 |
| 2025 | 354 | 767 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 13,656 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10,489 |
| 2010 | 5 | 13,368 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,506 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,141 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,505 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,520 |
| 2018 | 15 | 5,923 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13,196 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,817 |
| 2021 | 14 | 6,194 |
| 2022 | 12 | 7,048 |
| 2023 | 17 | 5,579 |
| 2024 | 18 | 5,343 |
| 2025 | 24 | 4,322 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 55 | 702 |
| 2012 | 41 | 902 |
| 2013 | 41 | 900 |
| 2014 | 50 | 779 |
| 2015 | 56 | 708 |
| 2016 | 48 | 804 |
| 2017 | 79 | 549 |
| 2018 | 49 | 778 |
| 2019 | 48 | 778 |
| 2020 | 47 | 771 |
| 2021 | 38 | 918 |
| 2022 | 31 | 1,081 |
| 2023 | 38 | 921 |
| 2024 | 45 | 826 |
| 2025 | 60 | 642 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## 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.