Keisha

#2,719 for girls in 2025, 63 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1976 · 1,027 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
22,293
since 1961

Keisha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Keisha has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #233, 1976girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,71963
2024#2,55969
2023#2,51770
2022#3,65342
2021#3,25049
2020#3,39945
2019#3,49944
2018#4,00136
2017#3,99637
2016#4,99027
2015#2,92759
2014#3,18451
2013#2,53370
2012#2,83261
2011#2,48373
2010#2,87060
2009#3,25251
2008#2,26786
2007#2,45776
2006#1,939103
2005#2,07390
2004#1,96295
2003#2,24376
2002#1,510125
2001#1,422133
2000#1,369136
1999#1,154169
1998#998200
1997#802259
1996#625360
1995#648333
1994#615361
1993#593396
1992#517458
1991#429590
1990#397657
1989#361710#7,9055
1988#371651
1987#324752
1986#330733
1985#355666
1984#409519
1983#381582
1982#352666
1981#329720
1980#279883#6,2505
1979#257938#4,8427
1978#246984
1977#2371,050
1976#2331,027#4,9356
1975#2411,015#4,3097
1974#257979#3,5589
1973#259963#5,1015
1972#303804
1971#367647
1970#448490
1969#541330
1968#720184
1967#833145
1966#1,11989
1965#1,10990
1964#1,66648
1963#5,2967
1962#6,5785
1961#5,8516
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First appearance
1961

The first year at least five girls were named Keisha! It came in at #5,851, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1961–1963, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

Where Keisha is popular in 1973

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedMNIllinois: #295 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 1,713 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedWIMichigan: #247 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 1,436 girlsMINew York: #136 for girls · 160 births · 1 in 646 girlsNYMassachusetts: #349 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,643 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedIAIndiana: #566 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,909 girlsINOhio: #385 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 3,054 girlsOHPennsylvania: #278 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 1,689 girlsPANew Jersey: #96 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 424 girlsNJConnecticut: #210 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,131 girlsCTCalifornia: #360 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 1,952 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedUTColorado: #473 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,130 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedNEMissouri: #475 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,165 girlsMOKentucky: #502 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,638 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedWVVirginia: #186 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 936 girlsVAMaryland: #203 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 990 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedKSArkansas: #164 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 733 girlsARTennessee: #295 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,715 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #160 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 697 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #144 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 593 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #65 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 237 girlsDCOklahoma: #268 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,398 girlsOKLouisiana: #148 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 659 girlsLAMississippi: #201 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 965 girlsMSAlabama: #185 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 851 girlsALGeorgia: #140 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 587 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedHITexas: #295 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 1,573 girlsTXFlorida: #250 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,342 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#65 · 1 in 237
  2. New Jersey#96 · 1 in 424
  3. New York#136 · 1 in 646
  4. Georgia#140 · 1 in 587
  5. South Carolina#144 · 1 in 593

Best ever in a state: #15 in District of Columbia, 1976.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#65271 in 237
New Jersey#96901 in 424
New York#1361601 in 646
Georgia#140581 in 587
South Carolina#144311 in 593
Louisiana#148391 in 659
North Carolina#160501 in 697
Arkansas#164171 in 733
Alabama#185271 in 851
Virginia#186301 in 936
Mississippi#201171 in 965
Maryland#203191 in 990
Connecticut#210131 in 1,131
Michigan#247411 in 1,436
Florida#250321 in 1,342
Oklahoma#268111 in 1,398
Pennsylvania#278401 in 1,689
Illinois#295411 in 1,713
Tennessee#295161 in 1,715
Texas#295601 in 1,573
Massachusetts#349121 in 2,643
California#360671 in 1,952
Ohio#385231 in 3,054
Colorado#47351 in 3,130
Missouri#47571 in 4,165
Kentucky#50251 in 4,638
Indiana#56661 in 5,909
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Keisha
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 160 spots since 2024 (#2,559#2,719)
  • 680 spots since 2020 (#3,399#2,719)
  • 208 spots since 2015 (#2,927#2,719)
  • Biggest jump: 286 spots in 1967 (#1,119#833)
  • Biggest drop: 196 spots in 1998 (#802#998)
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1961
  • Peaked 1976 at #233 (1,027 births)
  • Births halved by 1992, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1967–1998
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,427
  • Highest: 1 in 1,427 girls born in 1976 were named Keisha (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 25,512 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 39.9% of all girls named Keisha (8,897) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s904#541 (1969)#2,635
1970s8,897#233 (1976)#285
1980s6,882#279 (1980)#349
1990s3,783#397 (1990)#678
2000s971#1,369 (2000)#2,049
2010s518#2,483 (2011)#3,332
2020s338#2,517 (2023)#3,016

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Keisha in 1973

girls
#259
963 births · 1 in 1,514 girls
boys
#5,101
5 births · 1 in 311,715 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #259Keisha963

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #5,101Keisha5
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 1,514 of them was named Keisha, which outranked 97.4% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Keisha
  1. #256Latasha982
  2. #257Loretta972
  3. #257Rachael972
  4. #259Keisha963
  5. #260Charity957
  6. #260Jane957
  7. #262Sally951
Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 4,091Cicely#4,793#702
  2. 2,295Aubrey#3,177#882
  3. 1,847Nyree#2,680#833
  4. 1,533Danyell#2,523#990
  5. 1,496Vonetta#2,311#815
Fallers
  1. 1,814Camisha#815#2,629
  2. 470Andra#904#1,374
  3. 416Cherilyn#823#1,239
  4. 284Keena#848#1,132
  5. 281Nicolle#734#1,015

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 311,715 of them was named Keisha, which outranked 13.2% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Keisha
  1. #4,505Zedrick6
  2. #4,505Zef6
  3. #4,505Zoe6
  4. #5,101Keisha5
  5. #5,101Abdalla5
  6. #5,101Abiel5
  7. #5,101Abrahm5

Tied with 776 names at #5,101; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 2,348Vashon#3,152#804
  2. 1,405Jory#2,158#753
  3. 348Pernell#1,262#914
  4. 345Enoch#1,307#962
  5. 273Tarik#1,177#904
Fallers
  1. 669Jabbar#917#1,586
  2. 361Wes#993#1,354
  3. 326Paris#797#1,123
  4. 284Christophe#984#1,268
  5. 272Bennett#851#1,123

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1973