Keesha

Where Keesha comes from

The dictionaries list Keesha as a given name — a female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Keisha — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1964
    First appearance
    #5,008 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1973
    Keesha Sharp born
    American actress
  3. 1977
    Peak, #878
    164 babies named Keesha — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1982
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,489.
  5. 1995
    Keesha Keane born
    Palauan swimmer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Keisha.
Namesakes
  • Keesha Sharp · American actress, born 1973
  • Keesha Keane · Palauan swimmer, born 1995

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.