Keesha
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 164 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,713since 1964
Keesha over time
Rank among girls' names. Keesha has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 |
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| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 |
| 1997 | #4,125 | 26 |
| 1996 | #2,340 | 56 |
| 1995 | #2,932 | 40 |
| 1994 | #3,098 | 37 |
| 1993 | #2,938 | 40 |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 |
| 1991 | #2,519 | 49 |
| 1990 | #2,258 | 56 |
| 1989 | #1,998 | 63 |
| 1988 | #1,934 | 63 |
| 1987 | #1,302 | 106 |
| 1986 | #1,572 | 76 |
| 1985 | #1,575 | 76 |
| 1984 | #1,459 | 79 |
| 1983 | #1,585 | 70 |
| 1982 | #1,489 | 80 |
| 1981 | #1,261 | 102 |
| 1980 | #1,161 | 116 |
| 1979 | #1,125 | 119 |
| 1978 | #1,087 | 120 |
| 1977 | #878 | 164 |
| 1976 | #1,005 | 125 |
| 1975 | #905 | 144 |
| 1974 | #896 | 142 |
| 1973 | #897 | 139 |
| 1972 | #928 | 132 |
| 1971 | #1,026 | 120 |
| 1970 | #1,526 | 64 |
| 1969 | #2,134 | 35 |
| 1968 | #2,296 | 28 |
| 1967 | #2,706 | 21 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Keesha! It came in at #5,008, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2010, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Keesha is popular in 1973
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#210 · 1 in 913
- New Jersey#390 · 1 in 2,546
- North Carolina#392 · 1 in 2,906
- Virginia#575 · 1 in 5,614
- Tennessee#577 · 1 in 5,488
Best ever in a state: #182 in District of Columbia, 1972.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| District of Columbia | #210 | 7 | 1 in 913 |
| New Jersey | #390 | 15 | 1 in 2,546 |
| North Carolina | #392 | 12 | 1 in 2,906 |
| Virginia | #575 | 5 | 1 in 5,614 |
| Tennessee | #577 | 5 | 1 in 5,488 |
| New York | #612 | 20 | 1 in 5,167 |
| Pennsylvania | #701 | 8 | 1 in 8,444 |
| Michigan | #835 | 6 | 1 in 9,814 |
| Illinois | #851 | 8 | 1 in 8,777 |
| Florida | #862 | 5 | 1 in 8,590 |
| Texas | #1,439 | 5 | 1 in 18,873 |
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See more about Keesha
- Biggest jump: 127 spots in 1977 (#1,005 → #878)
- Biggest drop: 209 spots in 1978 (#878 → #1,087)
- Debuted 1964
- Peaked 1977 at #878 (164 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1972–1975
- Highest: 1 in 9,348 girls born in 1977 were named Keesha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 46.8% of all girls named Keesha (1,269) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 117 | #2,134 (1969) | #3,239 |
| 1970s | 1,269 | #878 (1977) | #1,027 |
| 1980s | 831 | #1,161 (1980) | #1,534 |
| 1990s | 365 | #2,258 (1990) | #3,687 |
| 2000s | 112 | #6,619 (2001) | #9,903 |
| 2010s | 6 | #14,824 (2011) | #14,824 |
| 2020s | 13 | #11,146 (2021) | #13,044 |
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.
Keesha in 1973
Top girls' names in 1973
More about 1973
girls
1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 10,491 of them was named Keesha, which outranked 90.9% 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).
- #894Carmelita140
- #894India140
- #894Rocio140
- #897Keesha139
- #897Alejandra139
- #897Cherry139
- #897Gillian139
- #904Cindi138
- #904Ginny138
- #904Richard138
Tied with 6 names at #897; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.