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
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 1,027 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 22,293since 1961
Keisha over time
Rank among girls' names. Keisha has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,719 | 63 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,559 | 69 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,517 | 70 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,653 | 42 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,250 | 49 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,399 | 45 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,499 | 44 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,001 | 36 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,996 | 37 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,990 | 27 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,927 | 59 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,184 | 51 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,533 | 70 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,832 | 61 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,483 | 73 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,870 | 60 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,252 | 51 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,267 | 86 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,457 | 76 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,939 | 103 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,073 | 90 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,962 | 95 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,243 | 76 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,510 | 125 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,422 | 133 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,369 | 136 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,154 | 169 | — | |
| 1998 | #998 | 200 | — | |
| 1997 | #802 | 259 | — | |
| 1996 | #625 | 360 | — | |
| 1995 | #648 | 333 | — | |
| 1994 | #615 | 361 | — | |
| 1993 | #593 | 396 | — | |
| 1992 | #517 | 458 | — | |
| 1991 | #429 | 590 | — | |
| 1990 | #397 | 657 | — | |
| 1989 | #361 | 710 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #371 | 651 | — | |
| 1987 | #324 | 752 | — | |
| 1986 | #330 | 733 | — | |
| 1985 | #355 | 666 | — | |
| 1984 | #409 | 519 | — | |
| 1983 | #381 | 582 | — | |
| 1982 | #352 | 666 | — | |
| 1981 | #329 | 720 | — | |
| 1980 | #279 | 883 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #257 | 938 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #246 | 984 | — | |
| 1977 | #237 | 1,050 | — | |
| 1976 | #233 | 1,027 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #241 | 1,015 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #257 | 979 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #259 | 963 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #303 | 804 | — | |
| 1971 | #367 | 647 | — | |
| 1970 | #448 | 490 | — | |
| 1969 | #541 | 330 | — | |
| 1968 | #720 | 184 | — | |
| 1967 | #833 | 145 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,119 | 89 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,109 | 90 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,666 | 48 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
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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 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- District of Columbia#115 · 1 in 444
- Louisiana#126 · 1 in 589
- South Carolina#147 · 1 in 718
- Georgia#167 · 1 in 870
- North Carolina#177 · 1 in 921
Best ever in a state: #15 in District of Columbia, 1976.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #115 | 13 | 1 in 444 |
| Louisiana | #126 | 52 | 1 in 589 |
| South Carolina | #147 | 25 | 1 in 718 |
| Georgia | #167 | 40 | 1 in 870 |
| North Carolina | #177 | 36 | 1 in 921 |
| Tennessee | #177 | 29 | 1 in 962 |
| Virginia | #186 | 29 | 1 in 1,036 |
| Alabama | #189 | 24 | 1 in 947 |
| Mississippi | #205 | 17 | 1 in 932 |
| Kentucky | #214 | 19 | 1 in 1,256 |
| Maryland | #240 | 15 | 1 in 1,397 |
| New York | #245 | 68 | 1 in 1,490 |
| Arkansas | #277 | 8 | 1 in 1,590 |
| Florida | #293 | 30 | 1 in 1,803 |
| Missouri | #304 | 15 | 1 in 2,139 |
| Illinois | #311 | 38 | 1 in 1,978 |
| Ohio | #320 | 30 | 1 in 2,408 |
| Michigan | #322 | 25 | 1 in 2,346 |
| Pennsylvania | #344 | 26 | 1 in 2,667 |
| Indiana | #357 | 13 | 1 in 2,684 |
| Connecticut | #399 | 5 | 1 in 3,082 |
| Texas | #405 | 48 | 1 in 2,578 |
| New Jersey | #423 | 12 | 1 in 3,106 |
| Oklahoma | #433 | 7 | 1 in 2,871 |
| Minnesota | #501 | 6 | 1 in 4,850 |
| Washington | #546 | 7 | 1 in 3,944 |
| California | #553 | 47 | 1 in 3,857 |
| Massachusetts | #598 | 5 | 1 in 6,324 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1961
- Peaked 1976 at #233 (1,027 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1967–1998
- 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%)
- 39.9% of all girls named Keisha (8,897) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 904 | #541 (1969) | #2,635 |
| 1970s | 8,897 | #233 (1976) | #285 |
| 1980s | 6,882 | #279 (1980) | #349 |
| 1990s | 3,783 | #397 (1990) | #678 |
| 2000s | 971 | #1,369 (2000) | #2,049 |
| 2010s | 518 | #2,483 (2011) | #3,332 |
| 2020s | 338 | #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 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 2,317 of them was named Keisha, which outranked 97.3% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).