Jasiah
Masculine
Jasiah is given to both — 9,597 boys and 648 girls since 1880. See Jasiah as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Jasiah is a young name in the American record — it appeared on the national charts only in the last few decades, and nearly everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult. It sits one letter from Josiah and shares its ending with Isaiah, so most people can repeat it after hearing it once, even though few have met it before. Its use has held steady rather than spiking, spread widely enough to turn up from Texas to Georgia to Florida.
How old is the name Jasiah?
Jasiah first appears in US birth records in 1991 — 34 years ago. The typical Jasiah is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 9,500 people named Jasiah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jasiah most popular?
Jasiah peaked in 2022, reaching #467 nationally. Today it ranks #498, 31 places below that high. See the whole 2022 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Jasiah
Jasiah belongs to a wave of American names built on familiar biblical shapes — the Ja- opening that English speakers already know from Jamal, Jared and Jayden, joined to the -siah ending shared by Josiah and Isaiah, two names carried into everyday English by the King James Bible and heavily used in the United States ever since. The name has no older documented line of its own: it shows up in the US record only in recent decades, and its history is essentially an American history. Its strongest footing has been in the South, and it has stayed at a level pace rather than surging and collapsing the way invented spellings often do.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No meaning has been established for Jasiah itself, because the name is a recent American formation rather than an inherited word. What is documented sits nearby: Josiah comes from the Hebrew Yoshiyahu, generally read as 'the Lord supports' or 'the Lord heals', and Isaiah from Yesha'yahu, 'the Lord is salvation'. Jasiah echoes both without being traceable to either.
Pronouncing Jasiah
juh-ZY-uh
Also said jay-ZY-uh, with a long first vowel. Both are in real use, so it helps to pick one and say it first when introducing the name.
Nicknames for Jasiah
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1991
- Most boys named
- 2022659 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #467reached in 2022
- Change vs 2024
- −7.3%607 in 2025, from 655
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jasiah in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Josiah in English — related form
- Josías in Spanish — related form
- Yoshiyahu in Hebrew — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, Georgia.
Jasiahs among us
people named Jasiah are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 2,814 born in 2025 was named Jasiah
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Jasiah
- #498
- Jasiah on the 2025 chart
- #421
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Jasiah went to 607 boys in 2025, but Jaziah, Jasiyah and Jasyah are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 686, which makes it the 421st most-given boys’ name of the year — 77 places above the chart.
- Jasiah607
- Jaziah62
- Jasiyah12
- Jasyah5
About 1 boy in 2,490 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 2,814 for Jasiah itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jamel test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jasiah's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jamel climbed just as high around 1983, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jamel's path sketches the road Jasiah is walking now.
Jasiah sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Jasiah is headed
Jasiah should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Jasiah beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jasiah in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Rare enough that a child is unlikely to share it in a classroom, while sounding close to names everyone already knows.
- Ready-made short forms — Jay, Siah, Jas — none of which need explaining.
- Steady usage rather than a sharp spike, so it does not carry the stamp of a single year.
- Recognizable across regions, with particular footing in Texas, Florida and Georgia.
- It will be heard as Josiah and written that way often, by teachers, doctors and coaches. Spelling it out becomes routine.
- The first vowel is genuinely unsettled — some say juh-, some say jay-. Expect to correct it, kindly, for years.
- Because the name is so recent, nearly all its bearers are young. There are no grown Jasiahs to point to yet, which some parents like and others find unmoored.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jasiahs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 9,500 people named Jasiah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Jasiah?
- Jasiah is the most-used spelling in US records — 607 of the 686 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Jaziah, Jasiyah and Jasyah.
- How popular is the name Jasiah in 2025?
- Jasiah ranks #498 among US boy names in 2025, with 607 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jasiah?
- About 1 in every 2,814 US boys born in 2025 was named Jasiah — 607 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jasiah with classmates?
- Jasiah will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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