Kezia
About Kezia
This lively Old Testament nature name (belonging to one of the three beautiful daughters of Job) may be missing from the current US Top 1000 list, but it ranks highly here on Nameberry — making it one to watch!
Also spelled KeziaH, the name has multiple legitimate pronunciations — from "KEE-szhah" to "KEZ-ee-ah" to "keh-ZYE-ah" — and comes complete with the sweet and sparky nickname Kizzy. A related name is the lovely cinnamon-scented Cassia, which beginning to be discovered by lovers of the fashionable Cas- clan.
Pronounced KEZ-yuh.
As of October 2026, Kezia ranked #2840 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1958 in 1979.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,126 | 53 | 29.7 |
| 2015 | #2,574 | 70 | 39.2 |
| 2016 | #3,083 | 54 | 30.5 |
| 2017 | #2,884 | 58 | 33.6 |
| 2018 | #2,982 | 55 | 32.3 |
| 2019 | #2,668 | 65 | 38.7 |
| 2020 | #2,764 | 60 | 37.1 |
| 2021 | #3,416 | 46 | 28 |
| 2022 | #2,842 | 60 | 36.6 |
| 2023 | #2,917 | 58 | 36.1 |
| 2024 | #3,060 | 53 | 32.7 |
| 2025 | #2,840 | 60 | 37.3 |
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Kezia on lists
Famous Kezias
- Kezia of Buganda
Queen of Toro, Uganda
- Kezia Obama
former wife of Barack Obama, Sr.
- Kezia Burrows
Welsh actress
- Harriot Kezia Hunt
pioneering American physician
- Kezia Dugdale
Scottish politician
Kezia in pop culture
- Kezia Walker
character on British TV's "The Bill"
- "Kezia
" album by Protest the Hero
- Kezia Burnell
character in "Prelude" by Katherine Mansfield
- Kezia 'Kizzy' Cunningham
Twiss, protagonist in 'The Diddakoi' by Rumer Godden
- Kezia
a character on 'Little House on the Prairie'
- Kezia Saint Martin
Main Character in Danielle Steel's "Passion Promise"