Kisha
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161 · Last seen for boys in 1978 at #5,772
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1975 · 478 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,652since 1963
Kisha over time
Rank among girls' names. Kisha 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | — | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | — | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 | — | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | — | |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,142 | 27 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,897 | 28 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,966 | 40 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,977 | 39 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,503 | 50 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,417 | 52 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,386 | 54 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,388 | 53 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,769 | 82 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,750 | 77 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,384 | 102 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,329 | 103 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,088 | 137 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,118 | 129 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,021 | 139 | — | |
| 1983 | #766 | 208 | — | |
| 1982 | #761 | 217 | — | |
| 1981 | #584 | 316 | — | |
| 1980 | #517 | 372 | — | |
| 1979 | #526 | 362 | — | |
| 1978 | #493 | 394 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #424 | 476 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #484 | 378 | — | |
| 1975 | #421 | 478 | — | |
| 1974 | #440 | 440 | — | |
| 1973 | #443 | 424 | — | |
| 1972 | #529 | 319 | — | |
| 1971 | #559 | 318 | — | |
| 1970 | #702 | 222 | — | |
| 1969 | #843 | 152 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,157 | 87 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,537 | 53 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,982 | 34 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,575 | 50 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kisha! It came in at #5,296, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2010–2011, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Kisha is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#156 · 1 in 617
- New Jersey#250 · 1 in 1,405
- New York#262 · 1 in 1,458
- Virginia#338 · 1 in 2,467
- Louisiana#348 · 1 in 1,895
Best ever in a state: #67 in District of Columbia, 1976.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #156 | 12 | 1 in 617 |
| New Jersey | #250 | 29 | 1 in 1,405 |
| New York | #262 | 76 | 1 in 1,458 |
| Virginia | #338 | 12 | 1 in 2,467 |
| Louisiana | #348 | 14 | 1 in 1,895 |
| North Carolina | #419 | 11 | 1 in 3,336 |
| Alabama | #422 | 8 | 1 in 3,018 |
| South Carolina | #440 | 6 | 1 in 3,201 |
| Maryland | #480 | 5 | 1 in 4,116 |
| Pennsylvania | #500 | 16 | 1 in 4,507 |
| Georgia | #529 | 8 | 1 in 4,497 |
| California | #560 | 34 | 1 in 4,032 |
| Illinois | #560 | 15 | 1 in 4,973 |
| Tennessee | #575 | 5 | 1 in 5,661 |
| Indiana | #654 | 5 | 1 in 7,408 |
| Ohio | #744 | 8 | 1 in 9,306 |
| Michigan | #756 | 7 | 1 in 8,842 |
| Texas | #836 | 12 | 1 in 8,031 |
| Florida | #889 | 5 | 1 in 8,896 |
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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 Kisha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 314 spots in 1969 (#1,157 → #843)
- Biggest drop: 255 spots in 1984 (#766 → #1,021)
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 1975 at #421 (478 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1969–1983
- Highest: 1 in 3,050 girls born in 1975 were named Kisha (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 57.3% of all girls named Kisha (3,811) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 400 | #843 (1969) | #2,214 |
| 1970s | 3,811 | #421 (1975) | #502 |
| 1980s | 1,800 | #517 (1980) | #1,032 |
| 1990s | 438 | #1,769 (1990) | #3,268 |
| 2000s | 137 | #6,129 (2002) | #8,587 |
| 2010s | 41 | #10,429 (2012) | #13,647 |
| 2020s | 25 | #12,161 (2024) | #13,170 |
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.
Kisha in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 4,769 of them was named Kisha, which outranked 94.5% 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).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.