Keisha

Where Keisha comes from

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

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1961
    First appearance
    #5,851 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1976
    Peak, #233
    1,027 babies named Keisha — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1984
    Keisha Buchanan born
    British singer
  4. 1990
    Keisha Castle-Hughes born
    New Zealand actress
  5. 1992
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #517.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage, of African American usage, possibly a variant of Kezia.
Namesakes
  • Keisha Castle-Hughes · New Zealand actress, born 1990
  • Keisha Buchanan · British singer, born 1984
  • Keisha Lance Bottoms · American politician, born 1970
  • Keisha Grey · American pornographic actress, born 1994
  • Keisha Hampton · American basketball player, born 1990

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.