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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201976peak #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 1976

  • 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: #276 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 1,589 girlsILWisconsin: #456 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,573 girlsWIMichigan: #245 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 1,554 girlsMINew York: #163 for girls · 122 births · 1 in 822 girlsNYMassachusetts: #320 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,198 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: #293 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,987 girlsINOhio: #283 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,871 girlsOHPennsylvania: #286 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,789 girlsPANew Jersey: #173 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 927 girlsNJConnecticut: #250 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,523 girlsCTCalifornia: #462 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 2,997 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedNEMissouri: #236 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,341 girlsMOKentucky: #302 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,953 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedWVVirginia: #135 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 656 girlsVAMaryland: #85 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 388 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: #387 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,602 girlsKSArkansas: #389 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,479 girlsARTennessee: #221 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,138 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #131 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 604 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #104 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 445 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #15 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 92 girlsDCOklahoma: #273 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,458 girlsOKLouisiana: #76 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 329 girlsLAMississippi: #127 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 524 girlsMSAlabama: #191 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 896 girlsALGeorgia: #101 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 454 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Keisha, so not publishedHITexas: #328 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 1,791 girlsTXFlorida: #303 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,707 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#15 · 1 in 92
  2. Louisiana#76 · 1 in 329
  3. Maryland#85 · 1 in 388
  4. Georgia#101 · 1 in 454
  5. South Carolina#104 · 1 in 445

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#15631 in 92
Louisiana#76791 in 329
Maryland#85451 in 388
Georgia#101681 in 454
South Carolina#104381 in 445
Mississippi#127291 in 524
North Carolina#131531 in 604
Virginia#135411 in 656
New York#1631221 in 822
New Jersey#173381 in 927
Alabama#191241 in 896
Tennessee#221231 in 1,138
Missouri#236221 in 1,341
Michigan#245351 in 1,554
Connecticut#25091 in 1,523
Oklahoma#273111 in 1,458
Illinois#276441 in 1,589
Ohio#283361 in 1,871
Pennsylvania#286361 in 1,789
Indiana#293171 in 1,987
Kentucky#302121 in 1,953
Florida#303241 in 1,707
Massachusetts#320131 in 2,198
Texas#328541 in 1,791
Kansas#38751 in 2,602
Arkansas#38951 in 2,479
Wisconsin#45661 in 4,573
California#462481 in 2,997
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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 1976

girls
#233
1,027 births · 1 in 1,427 girls
boys
#4,935
6 births · 1 in 261,501 boys

Top girls' names in 1976

  1. #1Jennifer59,473
  2. #2Amy31,339
  3. #3Melissa25,094
  4. #4Heather24,192
  5. #5Angela22,038
  6. #6Michelle19,550
  7. #7Kimberly18,962
  8. #8Jessica18,368
  9. #9Lisa17,346
  10. #10Amanda15,588
  11. #233Keisha1,027

Top boys' names in 1976

  1. #1Michael66,915
  2. #2Jason52,643
  3. #3Christopher45,190
  4. #4David39,265
  5. #5James38,294
  6. #6John33,976
  7. #7Robert33,789
  8. #8Brian30,517
  9. #9Matthew29,951
  10. #10Daniel24,702
  11. #4,935Keisha6
More about 1976

girls

1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 1,427 of them was named Keisha, which outranked 97.9% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Keisha
  1. #230Belinda1,047
  2. #231Miranda1,044
  3. #232Leticia1,037
  4. #233Keisha1,027
  5. #234Tracie1,021
  6. #235Nikki1,009
  7. #236Tabitha1,003
Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. 3,548Rhiannon#4,141#593
  2. 3,533Mackenzie#4,370#837
  3. 3,060Khalilah#3,774#714
  4. 1,663Kenisha#2,612#949
  5. 1,455Latoria#2,411#956
Fallers
  1. 821Nyree#926#1,747
  2. 668Syreeta#778#1,446
  3. 505Cher#994#1,499
  4. 398Kandice#957#1,355
  5. 370Racquel#973#1,343

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

boys

1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 261,501 of them was named Keisha, which outranked 24.0% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Keisha
  1. #4,418Zed7
  2. #4,418Zenon7
  3. #4,418Zion7
  4. #4,935Keisha6
  5. #4,935Aarin6
  6. #4,935Abayomi6
  7. #4,935Abdallah6
  8. #5,587Abdulla5
  9. #5,587Abdur5
  10. #5,587Abiel5

Tied with 651 names at #4,935; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. 3,506Seneca#4,309#803
  2. 1,165Jameel#2,134#969
  3. 712Delvin#1,658#946
  4. 567Jerimy#1,530#963
  5. 510Jamaal#1,042#532
Fallers
  1. 1,113Santino#1,000#2,113
  2. 511Carnell#900#1,411
  3. 453Nakia#337#790
  4. 395Charlton#938#1,333
  5. 376Benjiman#970#1,346

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

See the top 100 for 1976