girl's name

Kessia

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 136

Kessia is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in France in 1997, when 5 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade in France.
  • First appears in birth records in 1997.

Kessia over time

Births per decade in France, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2022, not a full ten years.

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Births named Kessia by decade in France
Decade Births
1990s 15
2000s 25
2010s 40
2020s (to 2022) 15

How popular is Kessia?

In 2022, Kessia was given to 5 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

Where Kessia is used

England & Wales #7,106 3 in 2011
France #7,226 5 in 2022
United States #16,404 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Kessia is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Késsia Késsia is a rare spelling of Kessia, written with an acute accent and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. 5

Names that peaked alongside Kessia

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Kessia also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kessia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Kessia

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kessia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Kessia

How popular is the name Kessia?

In 2022, Kessia was given to 5 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

Is Kessia a girl's or a boy's name?

Kessia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Kessia most popular?

Kessia peaked in 1997, when 5 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Kessia a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Kessia currently ranks #16,404 in France. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.