Kiesha
Last seen for girls in 2010 at #16,992
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 119 births
- Debut · girls
- 16 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,621since 1965
Kiesha over time
Rank among girls' names. Kiesha has never cracked the top 1,000 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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| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 |
| 1999 | #4,088 | 28 |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 |
| 1997 | #3,897 | 28 |
| 1996 | #2,672 | 46 |
| 1995 | #2,367 | 55 |
| 1994 | #2,167 | 62 |
| 1993 | #2,725 | 44 |
| 1992 | #2,059 | 66 |
| 1991 | #1,555 | 99 |
| 1990 | #1,644 | 90 |
| 1989 | #1,551 | 91 |
| 1988 | #1,636 | 79 |
| 1987 | #1,418 | 93 |
| 1986 | #1,602 | 74 |
| 1985 | #1,458 | 85 |
| 1984 | #1,414 | 82 |
| 1983 | #1,475 | 78 |
| 1982 | #1,531 | 77 |
| 1981 | #1,294 | 98 |
| 1980 | #1,337 | 94 |
| 1979 | #1,097 | 124 |
| 1978 | #1,078 | 122 |
| 1977 | #1,110 | 115 |
| 1976 | #1,036 | 119 |
| 1975 | #1,100 | 106 |
| 1974 | #1,089 | 107 |
| 1973 | #1,339 | 75 |
| 1972 | #1,141 | 96 |
| 1971 | #1,445 | 72 |
| 1970 | #1,490 | 67 |
| 1969 | #2,645 | 25 |
| 1968 | #2,874 | 20 |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 |
| 1965 | #3,149 | 16 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kiesha! It came in at #3,149, and was given to 16 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2010–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kiesha is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#406 · 1 in 2,910
- New York#555 · 1 in 4,618
- Pennsylvania#842 · 1 in 12,018
- California#1,349 · 1 in 17,134
Best ever in a state: #263 in District of Columbia, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #406 | 14 | 1 in 2,910 |
| New York | #555 | 24 | 1 in 4,618 |
| Pennsylvania | #842 | 6 | 1 in 12,018 |
| California | #1,349 | 8 | 1 in 17,134 |
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See more about Kiesha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
- Debuted 1965
- Peaked 1976 at #1,036 (119 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 12,312 girls born in 1976 were named Kiesha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 355,519 girls born in 2010 (0.00%)
- 38.3% of all girls named Kiesha (1,003) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1960s | 91 | #2,645 (1969) | #3,062 |
| 1970s | 1,003 | #1,036 (1976) | #1,193 |
| 1980s | 851 | #1,294 (1981) | #1,472 |
| 1990s | 540 | #1,555 (1991) | #2,797 |
| 2000s | 131 | #5,009 (2001) | #9,026 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,992 (2010) | #16,992 |
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.
Kiesha in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 15,846 of them was named Kiesha, which outranked 88.2% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,133Lavonda97
- #1,133Madelyn97
- #1,133Suzan97
- #1,141Kiesha96
- #1,141Gale96
- #1,141Taunya96
- #1,141Tedra96
- #1,146Cristine95
- #1,146Devon95
- #1,146Fannie95
Tied with 4 names at #1,141; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.