Keshia
Last seen for girls in 2011 at #12,153 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 511 births
- Debut · girls
- 14 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,380since 1964
Keshia over time
Rank among girls' names. Keshia has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | — | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | — | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | — | |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | — | |
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| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,007 | 27 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,942 | 27 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,394 | 54 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,999 | 70 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,471 | 108 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,072 | 169 | — | |
| 1991 | #811 | 252 | — | |
| 1990 | #593 | 385 | — | |
| 1989 | #478 | 496 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #549 | 398 | — | |
| 1987 | #457 | 483 | — | |
| 1986 | #426 | 511 | — | |
| 1985 | #596 | 321 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,295 | 96 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,700 | 64 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,302 | 97 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,340 | 93 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,318 | 96 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,104 | 123 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,085 | 121 | — | |
| 1977 | #888 | 161 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,066 | 115 | — | |
| 1975 | #910 | 143 | — | |
| 1974 | #830 | 160 | — | |
| 1973 | #862 | 149 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,000 | 118 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,176 | 97 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,177 | 98 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,809 | 46 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,594 | 52 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,821 | 41 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,147 | 30 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,833 | 19 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Keshia! It came in at #3,515, and was given to 14 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2004, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Keshia is popular in 1992
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Kentucky#305 · 1 in 2,099
- Tennessee#421 · 1 in 2,975
- Indiana#496 · 1 in 3,694
- Missouri#572 · 1 in 4,417
- Massachusetts#590 · 1 in 5,125
Best ever in a state: #169 in South Dakota, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Kentucky | #305 | 10 | 1 in 2,099 |
| Tennessee | #421 | 10 | 1 in 2,975 |
| Indiana | #496 | 9 | 1 in 3,694 |
| Missouri | #572 | 7 | 1 in 4,417 |
| Massachusetts | #590 | 7 | 1 in 5,125 |
| Minnesota | #606 | 5 | 1 in 5,275 |
| Georgia | #618 | 9 | 1 in 4,588 |
| Arizona | #802 | 5 | 1 in 5,238 |
| Virginia | #818 | 5 | 1 in 7,299 |
| Ohio | #1,013 | 6 | 1 in 11,324 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,192 | 5 | 1 in 13,692 |
| Illinois | #1,426 | 5 | 1 in 15,056 |
| Florida | #1,443 | 5 | 1 in 15,015 |
| Texas | #1,577 | 8 | 1 in 17,198 |
| New York | #1,734 | 6 | 1 in 19,352 |
| California | #1,923 | 11 | 1 in 23,346 |
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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 Keshia
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
- Biggest jump: 699 spots in 1985 (#1,295 → #596)
- Biggest drop: 261 spots in 1992 (#811 → #1,072)
- Debuted 1964
- Peaked 1986 at #426 (511 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1985–1991
- Highest: 1 in 3,357 girls born in 1986 were named Keshia (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 219,883 girls born in 2011 (0.00%)
- 49.3% of all girls named Keshia (2,655) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1960s | 202 | #1,594 (1968) | #2,287 |
| 1970s | 1,285 | #830 (1974) | #1,010 |
| 1980s | 2,655 | #426 (1986) | #946 |
| 1990s | 1,129 | #593 (1990) | #2,730 |
| 2000s | 94 | #5,444 (2002) | #11,166 |
| 2010s | 15 | #12,153 (2011) | #12,801 |
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.
Keshia in 1992
Top girls' names in 1992
More about 1992
girls
1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 10,911 of them was named Keshia, which outranked 93.1% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).