Ketsia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Ketsia by the numbers

Ketsia was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 12 babies in 1987, making it a 1980s name.

What we can tell you about Ketsia

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ketsia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Keasia20 in the US (2017)
  • Kelsiefrom the narrow strait; a form of Kelsey176 in the US (2017)
  • Kelsiship victory; a form of kelsey101 in the US (2017)
  • Katiapure; diminutive form of Katerina94 in the US (2017)
  • Kelseaship victory; a form of Kelsey92 in the US (2017)
  • Keziacassia tree or cinnamon13 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Ketsia

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