Keziah
Keziah was the 767th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 354 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 653 places. More babies were named Keziah in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning cassia (a cinnamon-like spice tree) · Hebrew
Say it kuh-ZY-uh /kəˈzaɪə/
- Rank in 2025
- #767 girls, up 400 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 354girls
- Girls and boys
- 94% girls, 6% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2025354 babies
- Total since 1880
- 5,086babies recorded
What does the name Keziah mean?
Keziah is the name of the second of the three daughters born to Job after his trials (Job 42:14). Wiktionary derives the Hebrew Qetsi'ah from the word for cassia, the spice tree with cinnamon-like bark (compare English cassia); Wikipedia similarly glosses it "cinnamon bark". Wikipedia notes that it was more common in Victorian England and in 19th-century America, and that Keisha developed from it.
קְצִיעָה (Hebrew, “cassia (cinnamon-like bark)”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Kezia, Kezzie, Keisha.
See also: Hebrew names, names that mean tree.
Sources for this meaning
- Hebrew Bible, Job 42:14, JPS translation with notes (via Sefaria), Sefaria
- Wiktionary, entry 'Keziah', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Kezia', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wikipedia, 'Keziah (name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
- CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (cmudict), Carnegie Mellon University
Nicknames for Keziah
The usual nicknames for Keziah are Kizzy and Kezzie.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kizzy | Traditional | — | 6 |
| Kezzie | Traditional | — | — |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Keziahs go by each one.
Keziah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #767 | #4,322 | 354 | 24 |
| 2020 | #1,167 | #7,817 | 200 | 10 |
| 2010 | #1,554 | #13,368 | 144 | 5 |
| 2000 | #1,911 | — | 89 | — |
| 1990 | #3,848 | — | 27 | — |
| 1980 | #4,221 | — | 18 | — |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Keziah, counting every spelling?
Keziah is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #670 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #767 for Keziah on its own. Together these spellings went to 425 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keziah | 354 | #767 | 1,350 |
| Kezia | 60 | #2,840 | 277 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Keziah?
354 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Keziah (0.10 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Keziah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 24 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Keziah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Keziah?
About 4,800 people born in the US named Keziah are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 5 and 20. That makes Keziah a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Keziah by state
How common Keziah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (2.6×), Maryland (2.4×), Virginia (1.7×), Georgia (1.6×), Florida (1.6×). In 22 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Keziah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Keziah, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Keziah · Sibling names for Keziah
Questions about the name Keziah
What does Keziah mean?
Keziah means “cassia (a cinnamon-like spice tree)” (Hebrew origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Keziah?
Keziah was the 767th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 354 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 653 places. More babies were named Keziah in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Keziah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 94% girls, 6% boys given the name Keziah in the US.
Where is Keziah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Keziah was most common in Mississippi (0.43 per 1,000 girls), followed by Maryland and Virginia.