Kesha
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 1979 at #6,056
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 320 births
- Debut · girls
- 14 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,248since 1964
Kesha over time
Rank among girls' names. Kesha has never cracked the top 500 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | — | |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | — | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | — | |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 | — | |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | — | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,313 | 26 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,914 | 29 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,977 | 40 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,510 | 50 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,155 | 62 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,209 | 60 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,152 | 62 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,830 | 78 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,642 | 91 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,356 | 117 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,267 | 124 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,210 | 124 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,132 | 131 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,150 | 124 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,077 | 135 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,255 | 102 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,015 | 139 | — | |
| 1982 | #886 | 173 | — | |
| 1981 | #825 | 191 | — | |
| 1980 | #772 | 213 | — | |
| 1979 | #682 | 251 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #628 | 267 | — | |
| 1977 | #569 | 309 | — | |
| 1976 | #549 | 313 | — | |
| 1975 | #556 | 304 | — | |
| 1974 | #524 | 320 | — | |
| 1973 | #561 | 293 | — | |
| 1972 | #641 | 238 | — | |
| 1971 | #677 | 228 | — | |
| 1970 | #906 | 145 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,193 | 87 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,279 | 74 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,039 | 33 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,982 | 34 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,993 | 34 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kesha! It came in at #3,515, and was given to 14 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2019–2022, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kesha is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#379 · 1 in 2,735
- Mississippi#461 · 1 in 2,947
- South Carolina#501 · 1 in 3,567
- Georgia#620 · 1 in 5,299
- Missouri#631 · 1 in 6,437
Best ever in a state: #135 in District of Columbia, 1974.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #379 | 13 | 1 in 2,735 |
| Mississippi | #461 | 5 | 1 in 2,947 |
| South Carolina | #501 | 5 | 1 in 3,567 |
| Georgia | #620 | 7 | 1 in 5,299 |
| Missouri | #631 | 5 | 1 in 6,437 |
| Virginia | #681 | 5 | 1 in 6,590 |
| Florida | #787 | 9 | 1 in 7,251 |
| Michigan | #831 | 6 | 1 in 9,544 |
| Illinois | #891 | 8 | 1 in 9,124 |
| Texas | #1,194 | 10 | 1 in 13,335 |
| New York | #1,235 | 8 | 1 in 13,361 |
| California | #2,225 | 6 | 1 in 33,709 |
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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 Kesha
- 1,545 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #11,932)
- 1,074 spots since 2015 (#13,006 → #11,932)
- Biggest jump: 287 spots in 1970 (#1,193 → #906)
- Biggest drop: 129 spots in 1983 (#886 → #1,015)
- Debuted 1964
- Peaked 1974 at #524 (320 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1970–1982
- Highest: 1 in 4,586 girls born in 1974 were named Kesha (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 50.8% of all girls named Kesha (2,668) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 276 | #1,193 (1969) | #2,000 |
| 1970s | 2,668 | #524 (1974) | #629 |
| 1980s | 1,456 | #772 (1980) | #1,059 |
| 1990s | 615 | #1,356 (1990) | #2,506 |
| 2000s | 125 | #5,364 (2001) | #9,801 |
| 2010s | 81 | #8,701 (2010) | #11,332 |
| 2020s | 27 | #10,312 (2023) | #12,757 |
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.
Kesha in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 12,747 of them was named Kesha, which outranked 91.4% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).